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CoMaps: New OSM based navigation app
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Re: CoMaps: New OSM based navigation app
#22Coming from OsmAnd, I'm always impressed by the performance of the maps.me forks, but I find their feature set rather limiting. The route planning in particular seems rather naïve, at least from what I can tell when planning routes I know well. This would send me straight into traffic light-laden roads (that, on paper, if I were the only driver, would be the shortest distance). That said, if you're just looking for a…
> That said, if you're just looking for a simple maps app, I suppose OsmAnd could be quite overwhelming and this would probably be a lot better.
That's the main draw of CoMaps to me. I also have OsmAnd installed and it's useful for more complex uses, but for a quick lookup CoMaps works a lot better for me. OsmAnd is more the swiss army knife of navigation tools, with all the complexity that means.
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#23The biggest thing keeping me from using any open source routing or even Google Maps is that here in Israel there are roads that are illegal to drive on either because they're access to PA territory or they're bus/taxi only. No application other than Waze avoids these, so I'm stuck using Waze. I just checked this, and to get to a building down the street from me, it wants me to YOLO myself through the bus lanes.
Openstreetmaps is notorious for having ultra-granular information, down to flags for whether a post in the street is metal or floppy, retractable or fixed.
For bus lanes, I just checked and they're all correctly marked in my city. Seems they are missing in yours, sadly.
Re: CoMaps: New OSM based navigation app
#24Coming from OsmAnd, I'm always impressed by the performance of the maps.me forks, but I find their feature set rather limiting. The route planning in particular seems rather naïve, at least from what I can tell when planning routes I know well. This would send me straight into traffic light-laden roads (that, on paper, if I were the only driver, would be the shortest distance). That said, if you're just looking for a…
> That said, if you're just looking for a simple maps app, I suppose OsmAnd could be quite overwhelming and this would probably be a lot better. That's the main draw of CoMaps to me. I also have OsmAnd installed and it's useful for more complex uses, but for a quick lookup CoMaps works a lot better for me. OsmAnd is more the swiss army knife of navigation tools, with all the complexity that means.
Organic maps is my go to for those reasons.
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#25The biggest thing keeping me from using any open source routing or even Google Maps is that here in Israel there are roads that are illegal to drive on either because they're access to PA territory or they're bus/taxi only. No application other than Waze avoids these, so I'm stuck using Waze. I just checked this, and to get to a building down the street from me, it wants me to YOLO myself through the bus lanes.
Openstreetmaps is notorious for having ultra-granular information, down to flags for whether a post in the street is metal or floppy, retractable or fixed. For bus lanes, I just checked and they're all correctly marked in my city. Seems they are missing in yours, sadly.
>> For bus lanes, I just checked and they're all correctly marked in my city. Seems they are missing in yours, sadly.
Fortunately OSM can be edited by users. Updating the lanes in your city is something you can do. I'm not saying it's easy, just that it's possible.
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#26People asking if there's differences to Organic Maps, yes there are
E.g., on iOS CoMaps has fixed several bugs present in OM like: * CarPlay Interface not resetting upon arrival at destination * Search Results still highlighted after route creation * Button overlaying during routing on small iPhone
I have improved the consistency of paths and footway rendering
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#27Does it play well with Android Auto? My OSM app doesn't display on the car screen unless I keep the app open and make sure the phone screen doesn't go dark. It's nice when it works, but its harder than it should be to get it going.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Openstreetmaps is notorious for having ultra-granular information, down to flags for whether a post in the street is metal or floppy, retractable or fixed. For bus lanes, I just checked and they're all correctly marked in my city. Seems they are missing in yours, sadly.
>> For bus lanes, I just checked and they're all correctly marked in my city. Seems they are missing in yours, sadly. Fortunately OSM can be edited by users. Updating the lanes in your city is something you can do. I'm not saying it's easy, just that it's possible.
I tried to get into OSM a few years ago, and the barrier to entry seemed a bit high. Maybe I'll try again. For all I know, the lanes are properly marked, it's just a routing issue. In Israel, the bus lanes are a bit odd. A lane can be a turn-only lane for cars and straight-only for busses. So, it's a bit complicated. Even Google Maps can't handle it.
Re: CoMaps: New OSM based navigation app
#29People asking if there's differences to Organic Maps, yes there are E.g., on iOS CoMaps has fixed several bugs present in OM like: * CarPlay Interface not resetting upon arrival at destination * Search Results still highlighted after route creation * Button overlaying during routing on small iPhone I have improved the consistency of paths and footway rendering
Talking about the app features, here are some of the bigger / easier to notice differences:
- added automatic backups for bookmarks and tracks
- added 100m-step altitude isolines to all regions that had worse or no isolines
- a big rework of the map colors - lighter, warmer, friendlier
- add a setting to customize the leftmost button or hide it
- removed semi-transparent background in Subway layer
And there is a bunch of smaller changes, for details check the release notes: https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/releases
Re: CoMaps: New OSM based navigation app
#30Is there any difference from Organic Maps? What's up with the forks?
I've answered here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44455300