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[-] dRLY@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Just installed and signed into my OSM account! Been meaning to update more of my area.

I am looking to try moving away from Waze too. Are there any good open projects that have support for reporting cops and the other stuff like Waze? When I was looking last year, I came across Navmii since it does have some level of reporting stuff. However the app itself is very glitchy and I don't think it is really actively being worked on. Or is popular enough to even know if literally anyone around me is reporting things. When I have tried to report a cop being parked waiting for speeders, it doesn't show anything even on my map.

They use OSM data which I think is also not being actively scraped, as I personally added my entire street's addresses and doesn't show on Navmii (but does show up on the main OSM site and on Organic Maps).

[-] spipau@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago

If you like to further improve your neighbourhood, check out https://streetcomplete.app/ Works well and is fun!

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[-] gandalf_der_12te 10 points 1 year ago

It's only a matter of time until Google Maps will enshittify, too.

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[-] ozoned@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Might I recommend Magic Earth?

Organic maps is great, but the search is really finnicky.

Magic Earth has amazing UI, search, it can acts as a dashcam as you travel and that video can pinpoint your place on the map. I'm loving it.

[-] T0RB1T@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago
[-] ozoned@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Dang it! Didn't even think to check ... Boo! Organic Maps it is!

[-] DiabolicalBird@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure how or why, but Magic Earth has a FAR more complete address list than OSMand or Organic Maps where I live. It must be pulling from another data source as well, OSM doesn't have addresses for several neighborhoods in the city but Magic Earth does.

Would anyone know why that would be?

OSM not having massive chunks of my home city really does leave me with either Google Maps or Magic Earth.

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[-] MissyBee@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I tried this for my hiking trip and it is really good for that. But when i tried to use it as a navigation tool with my motorcycle it lagged pretty much all the time and couldn't keep up with my position and speed. I tried to change permissions for the app, but so far nothing worked.

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

That's a shame. I just want to say that this issue is definitely not universal as I use it for navigation while driving and it works very well for me, and I've heard the same from others too. I'm not sure why it isn't working as well for you.

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[-] gon@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

oh this is amazing

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 8 points 1 year ago

Don't post pictures of text

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Lemmy added an alt text field for image-only posts a few versions ago; it would be nice if more people would use it.

At least this post does link to the mastodon post which it is a screenshot of.

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[-] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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[-] coolusername@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

i hope the author makes it available on whatever store harmony os has

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

Does the app have:

  • Location sharing
  • Live traffic updates
  • Public transportation

Missing one of these is a deal breaker.

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[-] sassypablo 5 points 1 year ago

Absolutely love organic maps for cycling! It recommendeds sensible routes that are much safer. The only feature I miss (and I know organic maps strives for 100% feature completeness even offline so this would be unlikely to be added) is navigation using public transit in the UK. The national rail app is painfully slow and isn't easy to just search a location and just go, but it does work. Every bus company has their own app too... I haven't found a good replacement yet unfortunately :/

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