Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back
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Re: Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back
#2Are you planning to build this as an open source project?
Re: Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back
#3There is already an open source fork at F-Droid:
https://f-droid.org/de/packages/com.github.axet.maps/
Note: This is not new. F-Droid maintains this open source version since serveral years.
Re: Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back
#4> Thankfully, the original Belarusian engineers made the source code free. It is up to the community to pick up development of this app. Let's make sure that the MAPS.ME we know and love stays alive.
No link to the source code?
> If you like MAPS.ME, then please sign up. I will post updates on how it's going and will send instructions on how to get back the original app.
No, how about you give the instructions in the article?
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#5Too bad, maps.me was by far the best maps application for non city use, and ideal for hiking. Commendable initiative to bring it back in its original version!
A few examples of why it was so great:
Simple, non social bookmarks. As in: place a bookmark so you don't get lost while hiking, or when you find a nice spot you want to come back to later. Yep, a utility feature that doesn't somehow map to some stoopid business OKR in advertising. I am sure this is possible with Google maps or Apple maps somehow, but only after you've created an account, logged in, and made sure you have the equivalent of a South Korean inner city internet connection.
Also, easily downloadable maps that just stay on your phone. I am hiking, I don't have internet and need the map on my phone. I know Google Maps allows you to do that but it is tedious unlike maps.me, which is instant.
Re: Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back
#6Too bad, maps.me was by far the best maps application for non city use, and ideal for hiking. Commendable initiative to bring it back in its original version! A few examples of why it was so great: Simple, non social bookmarks. As in: place a bookmark so you don't get lost while hiking, or when you find a nice spot you want to come back to later. Yep, a utility feature that doesn't somehow map to some stoopid busines…
Even for city use it was great. I've used it plenty of times when traveling to new places, because quite often I wouldn't know if I would be able to get data on my phone. So it was great being able to download maps up front.
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#7I moved from maps.me to Osmand after maps.me changed.
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#8as for the original project, the hard part will be to build incentives to contribute updates to the maps.
that’s where I imagine Google’s commercial incentives to be hard to build, but I’m not really versed in the topic, so maybe that’s just an uneducated guess.
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#9Mine doesn't seem to have updated yet - no "wallet" that I can see, icons not the new colours, and I can turn 3D buildings on. I just disabled auto-updates for it.
I use Maps.me all the time. It has detailed offline maps, with bike paths mapped (where I am, at least).
Re: Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back
#10> Thankfully, the original Belarusian engineers made the source code free. It is up to the community to pick up development of this app. Let's make sure that the MAPS.ME we know and love stays alive. No link to the source code? > If you like MAPS.ME, then please sign up. I will post updates on how it's going and will send instructions on how to get back the original app. No, how about you give the instructions in the…
Here, I think: https://github.com/mapsme/omim