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[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 95 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Kind of terrifying since I use maps pretty much exclusively for places I haven't been to yet, so I'm not totally unfamiliar when I go there

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 70 points 2 days ago

Gotta get a quest to drop a POI out there

You could make it a "mode" of sorts. Like a map overlay that will temporarily cover everything you havent been to.

[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 58 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This would actually encourage me to explore new areas of my city.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 43 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

I've been doing exactly that with an app called Fog of World.

5 years of progress so far.

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[–] errer@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (5 children)

$30 👀 I’d need a lot of convincing…

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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 35 points 2 days ago

What about Streetcomplete? You explore and help others at the same time...

https://streetcomplete.app/

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[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 44 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You should have to fill it in by climbing a big tower

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 12 points 2 days ago

someone should make PR in CoMaps or OwnTracks for this feature

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I would absolutely love that. Fuck fast travel, let me explore!

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

same,

would be nice to see where you have exploded,

wonder if google has an API to get that info from your location history and make a web app that shows you how much you've explored

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[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

Had that (for OpenStreetMap) on my long list of project ideas, including quests you could take to some random monuments. Maybe one day.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Combine that with Street Complete and you have a game

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There is an app of fdroid and google play called street complete. Its basically quests to fill in local missing data on openstreet map

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[–] diegantobass@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Anyone aware of an offline local alternative to https://fogofworld.app/ ?

[–] AnExerciseInFalling@programming.dev 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Dawarich has support for this. Be aware it is under very active development and has semi-frequent breaking changes though (No data loss, just manual steps to upgrade).

For example, here's my recent trip to Austin for the Counter-Strike Major:

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And with regular routing:

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It technically works offline because you can record your location and load it afterwards, but I use it by ingesting my location that is tracked by Home Assistant

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[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (5 children)

How do you expect to get positional tracking while being offline?

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Why would you need an Internet connection to use GPS?

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[–] stom@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Is this what people think? That you need an internet connection tion to use GPS?

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Man not everyone had a moment in their lives to stop and think about it. And it wasn't taught in school. No need to act condescending.

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That’s what I thought. I figured things like the original garmins had a quantity unlimited but very narrowly usable data plan, like old kindles. I did know that gps was invented before the internet was widespread, but I figured that today it was like fax machines, where the vast majority don’t actually have a landline connection anymore and use the internet instead.

Based on this comment section, I gathered that it was something else, but still didn’t expect it to be fucking radio.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hey don't feel dumb. There's a billion things the smartest person on the planet doesn't know.

It's a pretty clever system honestly, I found it fascinating.

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[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 12 points 2 days ago

Navsats and OpenStreetMaps?

[–] warm@kbin.earth 6 points 2 days ago
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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 days ago

Fog Of World really isn't so bad. For some reason it makes you back up to Dropbox or Onedrive but I suppose you could just not hook them up and keep it all offline. It's better than handing your data to some random company, I doubt Dropbox/Microsoft are going to analyze some random app's data like this to track you.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Please add fast travel for places you've been in the next patch

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 12 points 2 days ago

Like a train station?

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[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A map that only knows my home PC, work PC, and the 2 routes in-between?

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What else would you need it for?

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[–] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Fog of World has existed for a long time

[–] needanke@feddit.org 7 points 2 days ago

Does that work without gsf/google maps?

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (4 children)

like i need to tell google more about me

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Doesn’t need to be made by Google. It could be self hosted. Be the change you want to see in the world 😉

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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 18 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Does this exist as Open Source with OSM instead of Google?

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[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I want that

[–] BackwardsUntoDawn@infosec.pub 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

this is just the Waze map editor

your editable region is just around streets you've been on

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 7 points 2 days ago (4 children)

OK, let me get this correct. The idea is to make the map not show places you have not been, the map that one uses to tell you how to get to places you have not yet been?

Am I missing something here, do people use google maps to go to place they have been already? Why?

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago (9 children)
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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

some people are dogshit with directions, or it's a place they went once.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’d love this, but like Hero’s Path so it knows everywhere you’ve ever been, like the time I somehow made it back to Merton from wherever the night bus dropped me off drunk that time.

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Only if I get achievements for uncovering large segments of my map, probably by neighborhood.

[–] TheCleric@lemmy.org 6 points 2 days ago

This is the most basic-ass tourist hotspot map of NYC…and they didn’t even go a few blocks up to hit Central Park? The fuck

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

... and/or aren't planning to go. I would love to get through Bloomington, IN without seeing the location of every Liquor store dotting my navigation screen. Can't be personalized, as I basically never visit Liquor stores.

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