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Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour
(www.androidauthority.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
This ad company is becoming a huge nuisance.
And unfortunately, for maps, it's basically just Apple and Google. I'm trying to get used to OSM, but it just isn't easy to do the things I want to do: find directions to a store.
osm sucks at addresses. The only way I can use it for navigation is doing google to coordinate conversion and just saving all the places. I haven't seen this new google change but we'll see if its enough to make me drop the last google service I use.
MapQuest is still a thing. Bing maps... exists. Wave, even though owned by Google, hasn't been fucked yet.
Magic Earth is another open source alternative besides OSM.
Magic Earth uses OSM map data.