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Best Maps alternative

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26332506

I’ve downloaded Here WeGo maps, but I’ve noticed that the app lacks a review system. Additionally, the detail level for most places is quite poor.

Which Google Maps alternative is your favorite?

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Try:

OsmAnd - comprehensive (I've seen it described as a GIS) but a bit more complicated and can be slower

Organic Maps - more streamlined and much faster

Magic Earth - one of the best for car journeys

Source: https://lemmy.world/comment/15414052
- Agreed on both Organic Maps and Magic Earth.
  
  Organic Maps let's you login to Open Street Map, so you can submit revisions and reviews. It's my goto right now for an alternative.
  
  Giving up Google Maps is hard though, they bake it into a ton of services. Everyone mocked it, myself included, when Apple maps launched, but I'm now really glad they are a player in this space.
I've tried and tried to use OSMand+, Magic Earth, and Organic Maps but I swear Maps is the one thing I just can't replace. Between Google's reviews, accuracy, traffic data, and coverage, I have not found anything that compares.
Technically if you’re using Apple Maps you’re mostly using OpenStreetMap (UK) and TomTom (Dutch) so you’re not committing the gravest kind of crimes against European motherland.
- I see... Still they get my data somehow, and they don't go to European companies too, am I right?
  
  Apple pays TomTom for their map data. Using Apple Maps on Apple devices is a natural choice for those who are looking for a polished alternative that doesn’t sacrifice too much compared to Google Maps.
We had a really good discussion about map alternatives and their problems / strengths in this community on a thread about Organic Maps! https://sopuli.xyz/post/23130919
These are not my favorite, but worth a try.

Apple Maps. For non Apple platforms, you can use DuckDuckGo to search for something and then click on maps on top. That gives you Apple Maps in the browser. It can provide directions as well.

Yandex.com/maps also is an option

Waze is great for driving and navigating

For reviews, I guess yelp and similar are an option.
- I'm confused, Apple is American and Yandex is Russian... am I missing something?
  
  You aren't! I was missing what community this was posted in.
- You can also access apple maps in a browser at https://beta.maps.apple.com/
  
  Cool!

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