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Re: Organic Maps

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Post by int_19h »

physicalecon wrote: post #57
hirako2000 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.comap…

I think it's fair for people to be surprised when their donations to the project are used for personal expenses when that is not clearly spelled out. There's nothing wrong with crowdfunding what is effectively a salary for a F/OSS project, but it needs to be explicit when soliciting donations.

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by doug-moen »

snerbles wrote: post #42

Tried it for while, works with GrapheneOS and Android Auto well enough. What I absolutely can’t stand is the routing. It once tried to send me through residential Oakland on some Manhattan-grade staircase labyrinth instead of just taking normal streets.

One of the routing options in CoMaps is "avoid stairs". Not enabled by default. See ≡ → Settings → Routing Options.

(CoMaps is the open-source, non-profit community fork of Organic Maps.)

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by Tmpod »

yellowapple wrote: post #164
VariousPrograms wrote: post #154

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This is a good way to get outside and do challenges like jogging every single street in your town. I figured that OSM was basically complete, but info was severely lacking for my area. It’s really easy to make local maps MUCH better.

Yeah, especially accessibility-related data ( especially especially crosswalk info) is apparently sorely lacking in OSM, given that every time I fire up StreetComplete in a new place the vast majority of the questions are things like “Do both ends of this crosswalk have tactile paving?” or “Does this crosswalk have an island?”.

Indeed. I have been slowly but surely completing a11y info in my area for a while. It seems never ending, but it's a good excuse to go take some long walks outside. Hopefully the data is useful to someone in need too :)

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by gpvos »

trueno wrote: post #173
david-gpu wrote: post #100

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All these apps rely on the data provided by OpenStreetMap (OSM). It is a Wikipedia-like project where anybody can contribute edits. https://www.openstreetmap.org/

do these damn projects even push the proposed edits up back to openstreetmap? insanely shameful if not

I assume they all do, it's nigh impossible to maintain your own data fork and keep reconciling your users' edits and the updates from OSM.

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by superjan »

trueno wrote: post #173
david-gpu wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All these apps rely on the data provided by OpenStreetMap (OSM). It is a Wikipedia-like project where anybody can contribute edits. https://www.openstreetmap.org/

do these damn projects even push the proposed edits up back to openstreetmap? insanely shameful if not

They can’t do so automatically. Osm Editors must approve. Apparantly OSM fears legislation when people copy info from google maps. They like to see evidence, like street sign photos. In my limited experience anyway.

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by hk__2 »

trueno wrote: post #173
david-gpu wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All these apps rely on the data provided by OpenStreetMap (OSM). It is a Wikipedia-like project where anybody can contribute edits. https://www.openstreetmap.org/

do these damn projects even push the proposed edits up back to openstreetmap? insanely shameful if not

Of course they do.

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by rapnie »

frevib wrote: post #112
eisa01 wrote: post #4

Organic Maps was my go to app for a navigation app where you can fix errors yourself immediately! So much better than having to work for free on the proprietary apps, and hope they accept your edits There’s a fork from one year ago, CoMaps, that is gaining different features E.g., I am adding CarPlay Dashboard support that you can test by joining the TestFlight We are in great need of both more testers and some prope…

Any recommendations for an OSS maps app that provides tracks like Strava,l and Komoot?

There is a federated application called Endurain [0] that can be self-hosted, and is compatible with Strava and Garmin Connect. Not a phone app, but a web front-end. I don't know how well that works on mobile.

[0] https://docs.endurain.com/gallery/

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by atollk »

eisa01 wrote: post #4

Organic Maps was my go to app for a navigation app where you can fix errors yourself immediately! So much better than having to work for free on the proprietary apps, and hope they accept your edits There’s a fork from one year ago, CoMaps, that is gaining different features E.g., I am adding CarPlay Dashboard support that you can test by joining the TestFlight We are in great need of both more testers and some prope…

What do you mean by "scene lifecycle support"? In general, I like cleaning up old code bases. But I don't see how that relates to testing?

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by stigi »

radec wrote: post #176
stigi wrote: post #150

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OSM has a heatmap feature. Users can contribute tracks and feed into it: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Heat_maps

Awesome! Thanks. I'll look into it. Edit: hmmm I don't think I understand that wiki. Most of those are not the type of heatmap I was thinking of. I'll keep looking into it though.

In fact they are called "Public GPS Traces" and can be enabled in the OSM layer inspector. I am not sure if anyone started distilling track recommendations from them yet though.

Here's a link that has traces enabled (aka layer "G"): https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/52.47166/13.40590&laye...

There's also a list of recent uploaded traces: https://www.openstreetmap.org/traces

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by rplnt »

My favorite renderer of OSM (and possibly other data) https://mapy.com/en/turisticka?x=-3.1744145&y=55.9517954&z=1...

there's an app too, some features are paid, and there are some long-standing bugs, but is otherwise quite fine. I use it when I want a map, not just uniform gray void with roads that is google maps.

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