Post #1310180

2026-04-11 11:36 UTC

@arianvp I stopped using Google maps something like two years ago. Now I mostly use CoMaps instead which uses OpenStreetMap data. It's not as complete as Google's such that searching for a local business has a better chance of failure than success. But, much like Google Maps, OpenStreetMap accepts user-submitted data. Unlike Google Maps, though, you're not providing a for-profit company with free labor, you're giving it to the community instead.

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@davepotts@mastodon.org.uk 2026-04-11 12:43

@StarkRG any way to get traffic information on co maps?

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@khleedril@cyberplace.social 2026-04-11 12:47

@StarkRG @arianvp I also stopped using Google everything about two years ago; the specific enshittification of maps is that they are no longer reliable at finding the best routes: most times I sail right through dark red routes when all the lemmings following Maps go around the houses. I *really* wish they hadn't gotten and then fucked up Waze.

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@pinkberet@transfem.social 2026-04-11 14:29

@StarkRG@myside-yourside.net @arianvp@functional.cafe Unless that for-profit company is called Microsoft (bing maps) or Apple (apple maps) which both uses OSM data for their mapping apps. But it's a fair trade, given they actually sink lots of money in OSM as a way to counter the Google machine. Plus it's good to say "but actually the data is used in X and Y.

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