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Announcing CoMaps! Navigate with Privacy - Discover more of your journey! (europe.pub)

submitted 3 days ago by CoMaps@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Exciting News! We're thrilled to announce the release of CoMaps to Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and F-Droid!

CoMaps Highlights

· Offline Search and Route: Plan and navigate your trips without internet

· Saves battery: Efficient design that does not drain your battery

· Privacy-respecting: no identify people, no tracking, no data collection

· Free and No Ads: completely free, your journey is smooth

What makes CoMaps special?

CoMaps is a community-driven open-source navigation app · Open & Transparent: All decisions are made in public, with full transparency.

· Community Empowerment: You have a voice in how the app evolves.

· Free & Not-for-Profit: Our focus is on creating value for the community, not generating profit.

Download CoMaps Today

Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.comaps.google
Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/comaps/id6747180809
F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/app.comaps.fdroid/

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[–] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Has there been any progress on the actual map data? Last time I tried Organic Maps the places I wanted to go didn't come up in search, and when I planned a road trip with it it planned the trip hours longer than Google maps.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You could use Streetcomplete to fill in the missing data yourself.

[–] TheFerventLion@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

This is sick. It makes mobile updates to OSM nice and easy. Thanks for sharing!

[–] randy@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That sounds like an issue with the underlying OpenStreetMap data that is used by Organic Maps (and CoMaps, and OsmAnd, and others). Map quality depends on where you are in the world and who is contributing to the maps there. If data is incomplete around you, you could contribute to it (but easier said than done, I know).

I can't say why the route would be hours longer than Google maps, but I've noticed OsmAnd~ tends to overestimate drive time for me (I think it overestimates delay from traffic lights). Or it could just be that calculating routes on your phone doesn't always give results as good as calculating routes on Google's servers.

[–] iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

God forbid you make a wrong turn with OSMAnd, the recalculating time is atrocious, and it's not unlikely that you're unable to stop, so it recalculates based on where you were, or in such a way to where you can't follow it's new guidance.