<![CDATA[Are there any good google maps alternatives?]]>This post did not contain any content.]]>https://fedi.wiki/topic/578a4318-b088-4289-beb0-3fe02364f985/are-there-any-good-google-maps-alternativesRSS for NodeFri, 23 Oct 2026 03:20:27 GMTTue, 15 Sep 2026 15:18:11 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:13:45 GMT]]>That can be a good strategy, and please, if you can, once you find a place in GMapsWV that isn't on OSM, add it to OSM so the map becomes better for everyone and we soon won't need GMapsWV.

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25867945https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25867945Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:13:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:47:58 GMT]]>This is a real problem. Search on any OSM app is not the same as GMaps or the other mainstream map services. Contributing to OSM through EveryDoor or StreetComplete in your area will definitely help improve this but as a stop gap I use an app called GMaps WV. It loads Google Maps in an isolated web browser, which allows you to use their search and once you find what your looking for it has a share option that copies the coordinates to the clipboard which you paste into CoMaps and let it take over.

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25867729https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25867729Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:47:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:17:23 GMT]]>truth is OSM has proven to be more accurate in areas I frequent vs Gmaps. We've got into multiple "situations" because of Gmaps

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.ca/comment/25377443https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.ca/comment/25377443Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:17:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Thu, 17 Sep 2026 04:02:51 GMT]]>Why the fuck did we ever start using links for places?? We already had a decent universal system: COORDINATES!

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://piefed.zip/comment/7120231https://fedi.wiki/post/https://piefed.zip/comment/7120231Thu, 17 Sep 2026 04:02:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:32:45 GMT]]>It's primarily an issue of getting the necessary tools to be able to drop the bastich in the first place, and then figuring out when to do it, because now is absolutely not the time in the southeastern United States.

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/22203192https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/22203192Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:32:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:09:51 GMT]]>I use that too! Kinda clunky but does the job. I prefer CoMaps - it seems smoother - but it doesn't have all the actual addresses for the little towns I pass through.

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25863314https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25863314Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:09:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:13:00 GMT]]>I found when I typed in locations by name or even lots of street addresses to OSM it would often give wrong results or just say cannot be found. Haven't run into that at all with MapQuest, every address I type in has come up on the map. Type in company/business names and they pop up. Had trouble with that when I tried osm

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.ca/comment/25372730https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.ca/comment/25372730Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:13:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:01:50 GMT]]>sorry man, this is my best guess. herewego has not much local business data and rating. comaps is only good for biking basicly. osmand has no traffic data.

my biggest problem with vela, that tge gmap links my gf sends, wont open on lineage.maybe it does on graphene, cause the project priority is that platform.

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25861314https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25861314Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:01:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:51:27 GMT]]>I tried it and it was terrible. Couldn't even figure out what street I was on and said left turn ahead when it was clearly a right turn. AI slop.

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/27458309https://fedi.wiki/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/27458309Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:51:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:34:27 GMT]]>Organic Maps is also technically committing tax fraud by paying the owners dividends but no salaries. They're making quite a bit off the donations too. All of which was pocketed.

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28889034https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28889034Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:34:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:33:12 GMT]]>Super cool. had no idea that existed

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://slrpnk.net/comment/24406975https://fedi.wiki/post/https://slrpnk.net/comment/24406975Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:33:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:32:18 GMT]]>Maksim is a Russian name, Organic Maps creators are Russian and Belarussian. Could literally be a friend of theirs lol

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28888993https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28888993Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:32:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:30:04 GMT]]>Time to get some oil on your hands!

Err probably not. But what transmission and what are the issues you're having? Might be something much simpler than you think

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28888952https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28888952Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:30:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:25:19 GMT]]>I spent an hour improving my hometown but that's not where I need a map. I need it in places where I don't know if it's right or wrong.

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28888856https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28888856Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:25:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:23:46 GMT]]>More accurate how? It's still OSM underneath isn't it?

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28888829https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28888829Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:23:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:06:59 GMT]]>@InterestingUsername

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://mastodon.social/users/leanderlindahl/statuses/117282519111934007https://fedi.wiki/post/https://mastodon.social/users/leanderlindahl/statuses/117282519111934007Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:06:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:56:18 GMT]]>Why are 100% of your comments shilling for Organic Maps? Just curious.

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27841112https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27841112Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:56:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:36:49 GMT]]>If it meets your requirements, try Vela Maps which is a degoogled Google Maps.

" A degoogled maps & navigation client for Android - what NewPipe is to YouTube, for Google Maps. Open vector tiles for the basemap, the device itself scraping Google's public web endpoints (per-user, no backend) for the things only Google does well: POI quality, routing, and traffic-aware ETAs. Built to run on GrapheneOS and other no-GMS ROMs. "

I think it's a fairly new product and seems to be rapidly improving performance with quite a few updates lately. (I have discovered some glitches but they seem to be addressed as soon as the app updates the next time.)

It might meet your requirements because it's not Google Maps.

It might not meet your requirements if you want a truly no-Google product, because it uses a few Google things anonymously in the back end...

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://sopuli.xyz/comment/25697185https://fedi.wiki/post/https://sopuli.xyz/comment/25697185Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:36:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:36:24 GMT]]>No but I use comaps anyways

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25859905https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25859905Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:36:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:25:48 GMT]]>I've never added in height before. Does it just look for number of stories, or how did you find that info?

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://midwest.social/comment/26141645https://fedi.wiki/post/https://midwest.social/comment/26141645Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:25:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:21:09 GMT]]>Sure, let me just fly my drone over everywhere in the world...

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25859660https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25859660Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:21:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:19:53 GMT]]>I use both, but I use OSMAnd~ for mobile mapping, and CoMaps for navigation.

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27840510https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27840510Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:19:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:10:50 GMT]]>I was using organic until CoMaps forked it, now CoMaps is the way. It's open street map so you can sign up and fix whatever you want, pull down the next version and it's there.

I do miss street view, voiced street names, and really miss cowdsourced hazards from waze but it's worth it if you're not on a long high speed trip.

edit: turns out you can turn on tts street names

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28887515https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28887515Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:10:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Are there any good google maps alternatives? on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:07:10 GMT]]>I completely fixed my neighborhood of 800 homes. took me a week. I drew in the house shapes and the heights, turned the row home blocks into individual linked blocks with exact addresses and accurate sidewalks.

]]>https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28887451https://fedi.wiki/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28887451Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:07:10 GMT