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- opensource@programming.dev
- pseudo ( @pseudo@jlai.lu ) 1•2 hours ago
Google is such a great source of inspiration (^_^)
- 10_0 ( @10_0@lemmy.ml ) 1•3 hours ago
Based and dank
- delirious_owl ( @delirious_owl@discuss.online ) 8•6 hours ago
Don’t post pictures of text
- Arthur Besse ( @cypherpunks@lemmy.ml ) English5•6 hours 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.
- delirious_owl ( @delirious_owl@discuss.online ) 2•5 hours ago
You don’t have to use it. Just paste it in the text field before or after the image.
- Daxtron2 ( @Daxtron2@startrek.website ) 2•6 hours ago
- linkshulkdoingit69 ( @linkshulkdoingit69@lemmy.nz ) 2•7 hours ago
Can you also import saved maps from Avenza Maps for Android? I have it as my other maps app
- fmstrat ( @fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ) English30•12 hours ago
You seem pretty active with OSM, so I’ll propose this here since I don’t have time to make it.
OSM is very, very popular with hikers and cyclists, and I’d argue rhey drive a lot of it’s use, especially via third-party systems. However, it’s one failing is “gravel” roads. While they support many different gravel road types, they admit on their Wiki that use of the proper terms is low.
Given the heavy use of Garmin devices, especially among gravel cyclists, mountain bikers, and bikepackers, where terrain definition is important, it would be outstanding to have an app in the Garmin store for Edge devices that could report the exact terrain type (compacted, dirt, etc) with a button mash as you ride it.
- HumanPenguin ( @HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ) English7•11 hours ago
I will add as a narrowboater.
I found towpaths also have this issue with definition of surface.
I am legally blind. (Some vision but bad)
I have a few times tried to add more ditail to areas of towpath that will help the others like me know what to expect before mooring.
Seems anything that improves this will help in your issues as well.
- pietervdvn ( @pietervdvn@lemmy.ml ) 70•15 hours ago
All of you are invited on !openstreetmap@lemmy.ml
Also checkout the many editing tools, such as https://mapcomplete.org, htpps://streetcomplete.app,…
- exu ( @exu@feditown.com ) English18•13 hours ago
I successfully used Every Door during my holidays to contribute
- pedroapero ( @pedroapero@lemmy.ml ) 3•8 hours ago
Every Door
thank you for sharing, definitely the easiest for Android from my research :-)
Note: there is a comparison of editor apps here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Comparison_of_editors - toastal ( @toastal@lemmy.ml ) English11•13 hours ago
There’s a small learning curve I wish some bothered to understand first. Does this app help? The part of this I don’t like is vacationers leaving useless names like ‘Mango lady’, ‘many street vendors’ for a block, or ‘local restaurant’ since they can’t read the sign as opposed marking up the cuisine type, maybe adding an English description, & leaving the name blank. Nobody expects uploads to be perfect but Bangkok is littered with this noise that makes it hard to follow or find things.
- exu ( @exu@feditown.com ) English4•12 hours ago
It takes effort and knowledge to make good contributions, this app is just a tool to do that.
I can only say I myself try to make valuable contributions, some other people might care less.
- Sunshine ( @Sunshine@lemmy.ca ) English2•14 hours ago
Thank you for sharing the links!
- t�m ( @finickydesert@lemmy.ml ) English1•7 hours ago
I got the files where do I add them?
- Zementid ( @Zementid@feddit.nl ) 6•10 hours ago
I didn’t know about Organic-Maps. I used Osmand, which has a subscription fee for downloading maps.
Thx!
- Rimu ( @rimu@piefed.social ) English53•15 hours ago
Organic Maps was put back onto the Play Store the next day day: https://organicmaps.app/news/2024-08-18/good-news-organic-maps-appeared-again-in-the-google-play-store/
- unexposedhazard ( @unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ) 83•15 hours ago
Yeah but it demonstrates googles unwillingness to cooperate and give fair warnings.
- Phoenicianpirate ( @Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee ) English10•12 hours ago
Google maps is the last vestige of Google that I use. I was never a Google search user and I only use Gmail for ‘official’ stuff.
So yeah, I want this to work.
- sassypablo ( @sassypablo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 3•9 hours 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 :/
- eco_game ( @eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de ) 2•9 hours ago
Magic Earth (while not FOSS, it’s privacy oriented though) can do this.
There’s also Transportr, but AFAIK it’s been unmaintained for quite a while now, so it may not work / stop working soon.
- Sunshine ( @Sunshine@lemmy.ca ) English33•16 hours ago
Openstreetmaps has 8.75% of the contributors Google Maps has.
Organic Maps has 1% the user base Google Maps has.
The same can be said about Lemmy and Reddit, but look where we are.
We need to support open-source projects and stop being simps for bad companies like Google.
- moon ( @moon@lemmy.ml ) 6•11 hours ago
The difficulty is asking people to get started with this. People want to get to work/navigate as quickly as possible to where they need to be, they don’t want to be figuring it out. Social media can be janky and you’ll be patient, but if you’re late for something because you’re struggling to adjust to an app you’re more likely to go back to Google/Apple Maps
- Sunshine ( @Sunshine@lemmy.ca ) English7•14 hours ago
Agreed! I got one for that too:
Lemmy vs Reddit
Monthly Users (0.004%) 44k vs 1.2b
- GravitySpoiled ( @GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml ) English14•12 hours ago
1 billion users on reddit is not realistic
- Sunshine ( @Sunshine@lemmy.ca ) English1•4 hours ago
I mean in visitors.
- selokichtli ( @selokichtli@lemmy.ml ) 4•10 hours ago
Take a definition of ACTIVE contributors, because both projects have a lot of inactive contributors that only registered and didn’t do anything but just one update and left, if any.
Google is known for dropping projects that they can’t monetize enough. Maps’ been around for a while, but it can always just disappear for public use. Or decide that you need a Google account too use it and that’s a privacy nightmare. We need alternatives, but in this case, we need free and open source alternatives. We can’t put all the eggs in the same basket.
- unexposedhazard ( @unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ) 34•15 hours ago
And its still better :)
- potustheplant ( @potustheplant@feddit.nl ) 8•13 hours ago
So? Every platform starts at 0%.
- Sunshine ( @Sunshine@lemmy.ca ) English2•4 hours ago
Its good to know how you measure up against the big corpos.
- Tartas1995 ( @Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de ) 6•12 hours ago
These posts are motivating
- Evil_Shrubbery ( @Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ) 1•3 hours ago
Right?
People doing things like this is hella faith-in-humanity-restoring.
- pooky55 ( @pooky55@lemm.ee ) 3•11 hours ago
Very nice, Open Street maps are very good! I support this.
- Debs ( @Debs@lemmy.zip ) 3•11 hours ago
Organic maps is great and I wish I could use it more. I commute in a city and traffic data is very important to me when it comes to route planning. It can be the difference between an hour commute and a 15min commute. Due to this, I’m pulled back to using google maps as my default.
Is it not possible to anonymize traffic data so that it can be made available in google maps? I’d gladly contribute a bit of data in order to improve this app. I’d even pay a bit of money for a pro version.
Great app all the same.