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Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app (www.engadget.com)
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[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Organic Maps or OsmAnd is out there, just saying.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

Wanting to mention CoMaps and that it was forked from Organic Maps.

The projects aren't very diverged yet so you can still migrate your pins with an easy export/import

[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Organic Maps is so fucking good, I keep so much of it downloaded as a backup for when I'm offline, because it just works. That said, I still use Google maps due to the reviews of businesses and traffic data when navigating normally, but it's good to know a great alternative is out there.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 1 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)

Sadly, finding businesses and traffic data are 99% of the reason I open google maps. I have organic installed, but I've since found out that "I want to go somewhere I don't know the way to but have found out the street address some other way, and I don't care about the traffic in between" simply doesn't happen.

[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago

It happens for me when I'm offline and the stupid Google Maps downloads didn't work. I don't even bother with downloading Google Maps any more, I just use CoMaps instead.

[–] mapu@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You might want to switch to CoMaps. Most developers fled there after the owners of Organic Maps showed shady behaviour regarding donations and the future of the project

[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I'll check it out. Any links to articles on the shady behavior?

Edit: CoMaps is like Organic Maps but better, regardless of the development practices, neato.