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2026-07-11 11:06 UTC

@contrapunctus@fe.disroot.org @prav I like cartes.app. Looks like they use maptiler tiles, which are not fully open, but it works well. There is also https://osmapp.org, in case you didn't know :) The magic maps android app shows traffic information, but that is also not fully open - freemium business model. But developing and providing a complex app does cost money :)

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@contrapunctus@fe.disroot.org 2026-07-11 11:36

@anderslund@expressional.social I’m aware of OsmAPP.org - used to be my go-to web app recommendation before I knew of Cartes. 🙂 And yes, services cost money, but that’s no excuse to make something proprietary. Prāv is a great example - it’s libre licensed, and is funded by donations (moving to subscriptions in the near future). For another method, see https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/blog/free-software-funding-2.html

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