Are there any good google maps alternatives?
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MapQuest is a perfectly reasonable commercial alternative that has all of the things you'd expect - dynamically-loaded map tiles, turn-by-turn nav, etc. If you want to look at options that use OpenStreetMap data, I've found CoMaps to be very good. The biggest drawback is that you have to download maps (~100-300MB per geo area) all at once, which can be a problem if you're on the road and don't have great signal strength.
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Home assistant has a perfectly serviceable map in it I forget where it gets the data from
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Openstreetmaps
Android app OSMAnd+
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Cartes is probably the closest thing that I've found (besides Apple Maps or Bing Maps).
- You can share links with anyone, and they don't need a particular app to open it.
- The interface will be familiar to Google maps users.
- It supports leaving reviews for locations.
- It will pull up Wikipedia information and photos if any have been uploaded to Wikimedia or Panoramax.
- It's really good for public transit routing.
- It's okay for planning driving routes, but for turn by turn directions you'll want to use CoMaps (which Cartes has a link to open up the route there).
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Apple has been fine but it is apple
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Not if you live more wild away from civilization.
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@InterestingUsername here we go or comaps
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OrganicMaps:
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Cartes is probably the closest thing that I've found (besides Apple Maps or Bing Maps).
- You can share links with anyone, and they don't need a particular app to open it.
- The interface will be familiar to Google maps users.
- It supports leaving reviews for locations.
- It will pull up Wikipedia information and photos if any have been uploaded to Wikimedia or Panoramax.
- It's really good for public transit routing.
- It's okay for planning driving routes, but for turn by turn directions you'll want to use CoMaps (which Cartes has a link to open up the route there).
Thanks it sounds really good
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I heard of issues* with OrganicMaps not being fully open source**, I switched to CoMaps instead. Still use OSM and seems to function pretty well
Edited spelling bc I was typing too fast and didn't proof read.
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Which map is good depends largely on your needs, I think. Do you need it for car navigation, walking, biking, or public transport?
OSM maps are better for pedestrians and cyclists in many regions, while Google Maps is more designed for car drivers. -
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I’ve been using CoMaps for a while as my only map app and I’m very happy with it.
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Magic Earth is good but it's proprietary and some features require a subscription. I also vote for CoMaps.
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Cartes is probably the closest thing that I've found (besides Apple Maps or Bing Maps).
- You can share links with anyone, and they don't need a particular app to open it.
- The interface will be familiar to Google maps users.
- It supports leaving reviews for locations.
- It will pull up Wikipedia information and photos if any have been uploaded to Wikimedia or Panoramax.
- It's really good for public transit routing.
- It's okay for planning driving routes, but for turn by turn directions you'll want to use CoMaps (which Cartes has a link to open up the route there).
Omg why haven't I heard of that one before ???
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Magic Earth is good but it's proprietary and some features require a subscription. I also vote for CoMaps.
I use CoMaps for walking and for searching around, but Magic Earth's been better for driving. It's genuinely pretty good, but it sucks that it's closed source and proprietary, I'll gladly replace it with CoMaps or another FOSS alternative if one catches up.
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Openstreetmaps
Android app OSMAnd+
osmand is great, but grab the open-source version from f-droid for unlimited downloads

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Co-maps generally works good for me, bht the bjg disadvantage is it has no traffic data (I think this might be inherently incompatable with standard foss, would love to be wrong though).
So my go to when driving is HERE wego, which works well and is up to date (and not evil as far as I know) -
Is there a difference between OsmAnd+ and OsmAnd~ ?
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I heard of issues* with OrganicMaps not being fully open source**, I switched to CoMaps instead. Still use OSM and seems to function pretty well
Edited spelling bc I was typing too fast and didn't proof read.
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