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[-] Cover_czar@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago

Google Maps, there is not even 1 good alternative for maps osm is there but it will take a lot more users and volunteers to perform as well as google maps and i dont think thats gonna happen Google maps don't have any foss frontend too and i dont know if its possible to make one

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

Depending on location probably, my experience is that OSM is much better in Europe than gmaps.

The only issue is missing traffic but that can not happen without tracking anyway.

[-] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

For driving, Waze easily beats Gmaps.

For travel details, Gmaps wins.

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

Wasn't Waze bought by Google or am I misremembering?

[-] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You are correct. Luckily they have not destroyed it - yet.

[-] Cover_czar@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Waze is again proprietory i like waze anyways

[-] okamiueru@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Indeed. Nothing comes close. Organic Maps on f-droid uses OSM, which is decent enough for most things, but struggles more with changes like road work or traffic congestion.

[-] Atemu@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Most of the time here it isn't even that the base data is bad, it's just that UIs behave horribly. Especially stuff like searching for things.

Then there's also that real-time data is just.. missing. No info on live traffic or even longer term stuff like construction.

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