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OpenStreetMap (I use organicmaps as a client) is not a viable alternative to me when there is no reviews and no information about departure times. Are there any alternatives that are open-source?

HereWeGo probably the best till now but not open-source.

Edit: wrong spelling of OpenStreetMap

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[-] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's called OpenStreetMap, the last character is P, it's singular.

For reviews there are multiple ongoing projects, none of them is mature enough for everyday use, they have a very few content:

There was a long and very interesting thread about this last year on the osm forum: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/a-crowd-sourced-review-service-for-openstreetmap/136235/24

For timetables, it's an existing standard called GTFS, public transport companies should publish their timetables in this format. Transportr is a mature app which supports a lot of companies and cities: https://transportr.app/

CoMaps (a better fork of OrganicMaps) already have a lot of issues about integrating GTFS feeds, e.g. https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/issues/1651

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 months ago

Is GTFS short for Get The Fucking Schedule?

I want it to be true.

[-] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 months ago
[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago
[-] 87Six@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

I suggest a common theme among abbreviations: GetTheFuckingGTFO

[-] kazerniel@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

sadly Transportr's European coverage is woeful according to their map :/

[-] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

There was an update when they disabled a lot of cities for some reason. I remember I could use it in my city, but now it's not supported...

I haven't heard about Bimba before, @dafunkkk@lemmy.world recommended here, it seems it has better coverage.

[-] kazerniel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Thank you it does show local stations, though from what I see their web journey planner is under construction :)

[-] lascapi@jlai.lu 3 points 2 months ago

Amazing! Thank you for your comment and allthis informations.

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