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The main reason why people use google maps is the fact it has reviews included.
Other navigation apps don't offer this convenient feature.
The open/close times, photos, and real-time crowd report in Google Maps make it the hardest Google service to completely replace.
The open times are easy to contribute with the StreetComplete app.
OSMand has a Street View type of thing called Mapillary.
Yeah traffic seems like it's going to be tricky for any open source project. CoMaps claims they are working on it.
I'm not a fan that Mapillary is ran by Meta though. SK it's not a project I'm comfortable contributing or using sadly. I know storing such a large library of images isn't an easy task, so I I'm not sure what the answer would be.
i can see open/close times on CoMaps too
i guess it's available on all osm apps
It has a field for it, but I've found it to be missing the data for a lot of places compared to Google. This probably varies by city so maybe it's just bad luck for me.
I try to update this in OSM every time I find information missing. Its like playing pokemon - gotta catch them all! ;)
Just made my first map contribution yesterday after I went to a business that wasn't marked on the map and it's lit a fire in me to mark more. Too bad I don't go to new places often...
Mapy.com does!