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I've tried using it over the years but I never liked it because there was no information. So last night I looked at my local city and there is almost no information at all. I spent a few hours last night adding buildings and restaurants and removing incorrect items. It was actually kind of fun and therapeutic and I plan to do more of it tonight. My girlfriend thinks it's dumb and I'm wasting my time because Google maps and Apple maps and Bing maps exists but she just doesn't understand open source.

Edit: Apologies, I just realized this question is not Linux specific.

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[–] sixfold@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

I decided to give it a try over the weekend on a road trip, through the apps Organic Maps and Go Map!! I really liked Go Map!! except that it crashes occasionally, and won't restart until your reinstall it :( loosing all the GPS tracks and unsubmitted data :(( If it was more stable, I'd recommend it to everyone.

[–] centopus@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I regularly do edits in my city. Its way better than google maps. Especially when you're travelling and want to visit the less tourist crowded parts of whereever you are.

[–] Helix@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago
[–] ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I gave up on it after finding the only useful front end on android is 100$ per year

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[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've pulled data from the OSMs for building outlines & such For CAD landbase, so thanks for that.

[–] analdestroyer@sh.itjust.works -5 points 2 years ago
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