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Re: CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps

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Post by einpoklum »

nodifference wrote: post #130
pastk wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> made by... "community"? We don't even know who that is, original developers and people with experience are not involved. FYI I've been the most active non-shareholder contributor of Organic Maps for 3+ years. Though you won't see me (or other ex-OM contributors who've left to start CoMaps) in OM github contributor stats anymore, because OM had banned us (and nowadays they also ban users in their chats and SM accoun…

Well, after you intentionally leaked the map generation code (which was not intended to be published) before creating the fork, it's not surprising that OM banned you. How do your actions align with governance, transparency, community and values?

What do you mean, leaked? Isn't this a FOSS project? Why would it have secret code?

Also "not surprising that OM banned you" - what process of adjudication was there before the project decided to ban someone who, by his description at least, is a key contributor? How was this person found guilty, and who decided on the penalty?

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PS - I'm not involved with any of OM, CoMaps, Maps.ME, and actually just found out the first two even exist.

Re: CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps

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Post by miroljub »

ponkipo wrote: post #72
miroljub wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nitpick: Organic Map is not original project. It's a fork of Maps.me.

Another nitpick: at least OM is made by people who made MapsMe. CoMaps is not - developed by a community, whatever it means.

The fact that OM leadership pulled the same open-closed game twice is telling. Many open source contributors who donated their private time and effort to the project just didn't want to do that any more when OM leadership started the game again.

That's the main reason they forked and started a new project.

Re: CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps

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Post by KomoD »

ponkipo wrote: post #75

I've read both Organic Maps thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794446 (as it's my favorite map app I use for years around the world, and I'm an active OSM contributor as well) which quickly became overrun with CoMaps followers trash-talking about OM, now this thread appears. What I find interesting to see, and I think it's not just me who can see this - that basically every mention of CoMaps and why it is…

> make app barely eat any battery

> But for now Organic Maps is totally fine and many people like me see no reason to move from it anywhere.

In my experience OM drained my battery like crazy (I used it for KML tracks) and after consistently seeing that, I gave up on OM..

I can't speak for CoMaps, as I have never tried it.

Re: CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps

#134

Post by Paradigm2020 »

Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #108
Cider9986 wrote: post #12

I use CoMaps, it works great. You get notified in the app to download the updated maps you selected every 2 weeks or so. Could be wildly different than that, just what I notice. It's timing estimates are often 5-15 minutes off Apple Maps, which I find accurate, on ~two hour drives, but I imagine it depends on the traffic. To improve OpenStreetMap, which CoMaps uses as the data source, I use StreetComplete[1]–it puts…

Very interesting. Can the Street Complete be used to improve accessibility of a region, say to mark the availability of a ramp?

Yes! If you want to you could even select to show only accessibility related "quests".

Re: CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps

#135

Post by Paradigm2020 »

Velocifyer wrote: post #49
Cider9986 wrote: post #12

I use CoMaps, it works great. You get notified in the app to download the updated maps you selected every 2 weeks or so. Could be wildly different than that, just what I notice. It's timing estimates are often 5-15 minutes off Apple Maps, which I find accurate, on ~two hour drives, but I imagine it depends on the traffic. To improve OpenStreetMap, which CoMaps uses as the data source, I use StreetComplete[1]–it puts…

I have been suspicious that streetcomplete is funded by intelligence agencies who want to increase the amount of OSINT avalible.

But intellegency agencies would like an edge, not that everyone has the same info as them...

Re: CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps

#137

Post by u8080 »

fizwidget wrote: post #123
mikae1 wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I saw plenty of real problems with Organic maps described. What problems exactly?

Affiliate links being included in the app, despite community objections? The lead dev using donations to pay for holidays? Those are a couple that come to mind.

> lead dev using donations to pay for holidays

What's wrong with that?

Re: CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps

#138

Post by thiagowfx »

Cider9986 wrote: post #12

I use CoMaps, it works great. You get notified in the app to download the updated maps you selected every 2 weeks or so. Could be wildly different than that, just what I notice. It's timing estimates are often 5-15 minutes off Apple Maps, which I find accurate, on ~two hour drives, but I imagine it depends on the traffic. To improve OpenStreetMap, which CoMaps uses as the data source, I use StreetComplete[1]–it puts…

Are you aware of any app comparable to StreetComplete for iOS?

Re: CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps

#139

Post by Vinnl »

thiagowfx wrote: post #138
Cider9986 wrote: post #12

I use CoMaps, it works great. You get notified in the app to download the updated maps you selected every 2 weeks or so. Could be wildly different than that, just what I notice. It's timing estimates are often 5-15 minutes off Apple Maps, which I find accurate, on ~two hour drives, but I imagine it depends on the traffic. To improve OpenStreetMap, which CoMaps uses as the data source, I use StreetComplete[1]–it puts…

Are you aware of any app comparable to StreetComplete for iOS?

No, but: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421

Re: CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps

#140

Post by Vinnl »

ponkipo wrote: post #75

I've read both Organic Maps thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794446 (as it's my favorite map app I use for years around the world, and I'm an active OSM contributor as well) which quickly became overrun with CoMaps followers trash-talking about OM, now this thread appears. What I find interesting to see, and I think it's not just me who can see this - that basically every mention of CoMaps and why it is…

I was the same, but did end up switching due to features. I'm not sure I remember which sealed the deal, but I remember at least being able to remove/change the left-most button that just points to an About screen IIRC, and updating maps without going through the app store? And just the fact that improvements to Organic Maps also seem to make it to CoMaps, whereas I don't think they flow in the other direction.
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