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Organic Maps Turns 4 Years: The Privacy-Focused Alternative to Google Maps (organicmaps.app)

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[-] HereIAm@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Organic maps is probably my favourite osm app for general use. I still have OsmAnd for various purposes, and I use Magic Earth when driving for the included traffic calculations. I hope that Organic Maps can generate some traffic data in the future. Though, I imagine for it to work well, some sort of open sharing of traffic data would need to happen to avoid fragmentation between apps.

[-] monty33@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the magic earth rec! Is it FOSS?

[-] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No, but it's an alternative to GMaps or HERE WeGo for car navigation.

[-] HereIAm@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

As Kilgore said, it isn't FOSS. And while it's hard to prove, they claim they don't collect any user data, and instead make their money through partnering with businesses.