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Re: Organic Maps

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Post by throw-the-towel »

resters wrote: post #28

I'm very pleased to see open source mapping/navigation systems. I have had the hypothesis for a while that many of the UI/UX designers on the google maps team do not actually drive a car.

IDK, my hypothesis is that they only go anywhere by car. The way they hide public transportation and pedestrian-only streets sucks.

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by harkdif »

dexterdog wrote: post #47
harkdif wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This looks really solid. It's the thing that would make me switch over. 90% of the time I know exactly where I'm going but need Google Maps to tell me what's unexpectedly in the way while I'm trying to get there.

My problem is that more often than not the road or business name I'm trying to find us just not in the database. If I'm at home I'll try to add it but if I'm driving that is not going to happen and I'll just use something else.

Yeah, that's a great call-out. While I can reckon my way most places, memorizing cross streets isn't my strength. Not having at least decent recency on top of traffic makes it tough.

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by jboss10 »

shiandow wrote: post #10
bruce343434 wrote: post #5

Is there a nautical map equivalent of osm or organic maps? One that emphasizes waterways by drawing them thicker when zoomed out like regular maps draw roads thicker? Plan routes over the water? Even google maps lacks a nautical layer.

OsmAnd has a nautical map plugin you can enable.

The plugin is just part of why OsmAnd is good for nautical use, there is also an alternate view in the configure map menu for nautical use.

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by [deleted] »

mpawelski wrote: post #33
gedankenstuecke wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OrganicMaps rolled their own 'data license' for the actual map files: https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/blob/master/DATA_... Plus the code that's necessary to generate the map files that OM relies on is no longer openly published. So while true that the actual app code is open source, you can't use it without relying on their proprietary map files.

>Plus the code that's necessary to generate the map files that OM relies on is no longer openly published. Seems like a big red flag. And another reason to migrate to CoMaps.

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Re: Organic Maps

#57

Post by physicalecon »

hirako2000 wrote: post #44
Yacoby wrote: post #3

There is also CoMaps ( https://www.comaps.app/ ) which is a fork of Organic Maps, after concern over the governance of Organic Maps https://itsfoss.com/news/organic-maps-fork-comaps/

what are the concerns over governance of organics maps ?

Some parts of the server were closed source for a bit. No longer the case. Also people got upset that the developers used the product funding to pay for their personal expenses. The idea is folks want the developers to isolate all the money they make from this project and use it to only pay expenses directly related to this project. If they need to eat or something they should get a job, presumably.

https://www.comaps.app/news/2025-04-16/1/?ref=itsfoss.com

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by hellcow »

hirako2000 wrote: post #44
Yacoby wrote: post #3

There is also CoMaps ( https://www.comaps.app/ ) which is a fork of Organic Maps, after concern over the governance of Organic Maps https://itsfoss.com/news/organic-maps-fork-comaps/

what are the concerns over governance of organics maps ?

They tried to put ads into Organic Maps, and they only backed down because CoMaps sprung up in response.

Others in the thread highlighted other issues, like Organic Maps' proprietary license for some parts of the repo: https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/blob/master/DATA_....

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