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Project for people leaving Google Maps. (feddit.org)

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[-] zer0bitz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Just downloaded and installed Organic Maps from F-Droid. Looks really nice.

[-] 10_0@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

Based and dank

[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 90 points 8 hours ago

the biggest problem I have with switching is that Google Maps is a business directory. open street maps is empty where i live. it works okay for navigation, but not so much for finding a coffee.

[-] snrkl@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 hour ago

there are ways to make it easier; it's been gamified:

https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete

Available on FDROID.

When my partner stops to play pokemon go, I complete some Open Street Map info quests...

[-] bitwolf@lemmy.one 1 points 20 minutes ago

I felt the same however Organic Maps did have many businesses. And with Street Complete I can correct any errors when I visit.

It may simply be my area, but I so recommend organic maps over Osmand for business and POI lookups

[-] bikooo2@r.nf 27 points 5 hours ago

As many have already told you, you can contribute to OSM, I have put in it almost all the establishments in my area (Not at Big area but...). Although soon I have to update them

[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

im on board with the idea in general, but im not going to do this. it would be an endless effort to the benefit of almost nobody. places go up and down so fast here that google maps is often out of date too. it's filled with stale information and im flagging missing places constantly. every digital community in this country is a garbage pile.

the ride share apps here do use open street maps though, and im making corrections to building addresses when i find something isn't right. it's great.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 18 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Umm...it benefits loads of people.

On OSM you don't have to just flag something. You can edit it directly, so it leads to more accurate information.

[-] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 hours ago

But you can also just flag it if editing is not your cup of tea. Here's a convenient, non-techy tool to add notes for others to use when editing: https://www.onosm.org/

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 2 hours ago

Great point

[-] teolan@lemmy.world 27 points 7 hours ago

You can contribute them!

There's a pretty barebones editor in Organic Maps, but you can also check out Street Complete and Every door (more advanced and less user friendly, though insanely efficient)