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the biggest problem I have with switching is that Google Maps is a business directory. open street maps is empty where i live. it works okay for navigation, but not so much for finding a coffee.
101 0 Replythere are ways to make it easier; it's been gamified:
https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete
Available on FDROID.
When my partner stops to play pokemon go, I complete some Open Street Map info quests...
25 0 ReplyI felt the same however Organic Maps did have many businesses. And with Street Complete I can correct any errors when I visit.
It may simply be my area, but I so recommend organic maps over Osmand for business and POI lookups
4 0 ReplyYou can contribute them!
There's a pretty barebones editor in Organic Maps, but you can also check out Street Complete and Every door (more advanced and less user friendly, though insanely efficient)
31 0 ReplyI use Vespucci, it's advanced but still pretty easy if you just want to do basic editing. https://vespucci.io/
P.s. how do you link to an app on fdroid?
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Be the change your want to see in the world https://droidify.eu.org/app/?id=de.westnordost.streetcomplete&repo_address=https://f-droid.org/archive
39 0 ReplyIt says “page not found”, maybe because I'm not in EU.
10 0 ReplyVery strange. It doesn't work. I shared directly from the f-droid client droid-ify
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/index.html
2 0 ReplySame in EU
2 0 ReplyI'm in the US, also says page not found for me.
4 0 ReplyYea looks like they were linking to this: Street Complete
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Link to fdroid next time
1 0 ReplyOh weird. That's shared from droid-ify which is an f-droid client.
Here's the proper link https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/index.html
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Same issue here. I really like their maps in general, but my local area in OSM is about a decade out of date
8 0 ReplyYeah, it's interesting to look through the edit history over the years. With StreetComplete I recently fixed ~8 stores that were many years out of date, during an hour walk.
It's fun to find a real hole-in-the-wall that even google maps doesn't have.
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That kind of contribution seems like a lower level of effort than making changes to source code.
6 0 ReplyAnd there are apps that make it very very easy and fun. Check out street complete.
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I keep businesses in my area up-to-date, doesn't take much time at all.
6 0 Replyi think openstreetmaps only works in big countries honestly
4 0 ReplyWhat does the size of the country have to do with it? Which good big and bad small countries are you talking about?
2 0 ReplyMost people don't use openstreetmaps on these small countries like with low/medium population it feels like apple maps on there
2 0 ReplyCan you give an example? Because I've just looked at Luxembourg, Nepal, and Aruba, and they're all littered with named buildings and landmarks. Pyongyang even has a fair bit filled in.
2 0 Replydidnt rlly try it but might try tbh but idk since i see people here where i live use google maps
edit: tried it and it really is quite outdated my house does not show up and idk if waze is even privacy respecting
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All it takes is you to fix this. Its even easier in a small country
2 0 Replyoh okay
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Yeah trying to find anything on any of the competing apps is basically impossible. I mean ffs OSMand literally couldn't do address lookup!
4 0 ReplyI just recently learned this.
For OsmAnd, go to search, then the categories tab, and then hit "Online Search".
Voila, address lookup.
3 0 ReplyI have found Organic Map's search to be far better than OSMand. OSMand has far more features though.
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