Howdy all. I want to deGoogle, but the one thing that keeps me here is Google Maps. Any good alternatives? I don't want to use Apple or Microsoft products, either, that's going from one head of Cerberus to another.
Howdy all. I want to deGoogle, but the one thing that keeps me here is Google Maps. Any good alternatives? I don't want to use Apple or Microsoft products, either, that's going from one head of Cerberus to another.
17 Comments
Neverbeaten@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 186d
I use CoMaps. It uses open street maps. Can run completely offline. Zero tracking.
mrnobody@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 186d
2and CoMaps. Someone said there was an internal issue with Open Street Maps iirc.
LytiaNP@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 186d
It's sometimes difficult to search for a specific location, but IMO it's not that bad.
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 186d
OpenStreetMap. OsmAnd~ is fantastic!
ttyybb@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 185d
I use organic maps
bootstrap@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 185d
Comaps + GMaps WV to get coords to specific spots if they arent on comaps.
Yes gmaps wv is technically google but its only a webview app that doesnt get any of my precious data and spits out universal coordinates very easily to search up in other map apps.
Morphite88@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 186d
You could get a GPS device like a Garmin or TomTom
Ulrich@feddit.org · 2 pts · 186d
Could you be more specific about what features you're looking to get elsewhere?
smeg@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 185d
Since we're talking about alternatives to Google Maps and their shortcomings, I think it's good to mention how you can help improve Open Street Map. You need the app StreetComplete - it's like a scavenger hunt while you're walking around, but you help fill in data on OSM in quick single-question format.
I find it helps pedestrians, cyclists, and the disabled the most, since Google also does a very poor job of presenting information relevant to those audiences. By making OSM better, we can create more users, which creates more contributors.
Stormy@thelemmy.club · -3 pts · 185d
Just helping them for free so they can use their earnings to hurt us?
smeg@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 182d
OSM is a free, nonprofit map database
roofuskit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 185d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap
voxel@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 185d
Consider "HERE WeGo"
https://wego.here.com/
It does not fit the FOSS philosophy, but is by an European company based in the Netherlands, more privacy-respecting and works for me just as good as Google Maps did.
durably465@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 185d
Here wego.
It's not perfect, but he do the job
achille225@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 185d
It isn't open though no?
ttyybb@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 185d
Still fits the bill, OP just wants alternatives to google
rando@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 185d
Most of the time I use osmand and now comaps (with sherpaTTS)
However I still have waze and magic earth installed for when I must reach somewhere on time.
There is Valhalla routing for osmand, which suppose to have traffic data but last time I checked it wasn't ready yet.