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Ruleic jam (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works to c/196

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[-] LifeLemons@lemmy.ml 55 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Goes to show how data from device always seems to contribute to some statistics.

Not that it's always bad but problem today is that control isn't with us to opt out completely.

Openstreetmaps anyone? I use organic maps most of the time to use openstreetmap data. Love the maps!

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

Openstreetmap doesn’t offer traffic detection and rerouting?

[-] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

In order for Openstreetmap to do that, it would have to either:

Crowdsource the data from people running an Openstreetmap mobile app with location data collection, which doesn't exist and wouldn't be accepted by the sorts of privacy-conscious people who prefer Openstreetmap, or
Buy traffic data from a company like INRIX that actually goes to the expense of building and maintaining sensors along roadways, which it can't afford because it doesn't get that sweet exploitative advertising or surveillance capitalism revenue.

I suppose it's possible that apps like OsmAnd could provide a feature for users to log into and receive traffic data from their own INRIX subscription that they bought themselves directly, but that would be such a niche feature it probably wouldn't be worth the development effort.

[-] NeatoBuilds@mander.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago

Magic earth is pretty nice but not enough people using it to make it useful like waze

[-] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

Upvoting for Organic Maps.

It amazes me something truly free can be so much better than the commercial behemoth version.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 weeks ago

I dunno, it navigates pretty well but I find myself having to use Google for search

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it's kinda crazy how Openstreetmap in general still isn't capable of accurately searching for an address. I don't understand why that's still a problem.

[-] desktop_user 0 points 2 weeks ago

it would be nice if it had anything for public transit (I'm my area)

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

How do you think rerouting and traffic notifications would work without back and forth communication? You can of course turn off location services, but than you lose the functionality of these features.

[-] LifeLemons@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I am not saying traffic feature is bad. I am criticizing the little control we have to not contribute to the statistics. Google is a monopoly and decisions are made by them with little control over our devices.

Traffic feature is cool and for it I would contribute, but just pointing out that google hasn't done it in the best possible way to gather statistics. I wouldn't use traffic feature from google for this one reason.