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Tuta

Are you sick of Google Maps, but are still worried about getting from A to B? 🏃 🚲 🚗

Checkout these great open source alternatives!

👉 tuta.com/blog/google-maps-alte

@Tutanota the map is open-source, but be aware that #Locus as app is not.
IMO this is not necessarily a bad thing, software developers have to earn money.
Another great (not #FOSS) app for navigation during sport activities (#running, #cycling, #trekking, etc.) is IMO #komoot : komoot.com
It also uses #openstreetmap data

Edit: OsmAnd is opensource, thx for telling me

komootKomoot | Find, plan and share your adventuresTurn your next ride, hike, or run into an adventure with komoot. Get inspired by tapping into shared community knowledge and recommendations, then bring your adventures to life with the easy route planner.

@stevy @arturN @Tutanota
"plain" OSMAnd is FOSS, and via F-droid even OSMAnd+ is free, which does cost money via Playstore. The "plain" version is fairly limited in the number of maps you can keep on a device.

Even the OSMAnd+ version form F-Droid, is missing some commercial plugins (which may be closed source), I think, but I'm pretty fine as is.

OSMAnd also proves you need no internet connection to navigate because your phone is powerful enough without asking anyone's server for assistance.

@arturN @Tutanota OsmAnd is open source though... where did you get this information???

@arturN OsmAnd is open source: github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/

Their Google Play listing has a weird difference between two editions, but if you look elsewhere (f-droid, github release, etc) you'll find that the "Plus" edition is there for free, including source and license.

OsmAnd. Contribute to osmandapp/OsmAnd development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHubGitHub - osmandapp/OsmAnd: OsmAndOsmAnd. Contribute to osmandapp/OsmAnd development by creating an account on GitHub.

@Peetz0r wow cool, I wasn't aware of that.
Thank you!

@Tutanota As much as I love OSM et. al., They're not great for navigation. I cannot enter my home address into it and get a location, though I can find the actual building because I know where it is.

@Tutanota Magic Earth is quite good for navigation. Based on OSM data and free, but not FOSS.

@Tutanota will one of those allow me to constantly and reliably share location with my family

@Tutanota Locus Map is not FOSS. My favorite non-FOSS alternative is mapy.cz

@Tutanota I am using Organic Map, before that OsmAnd (Organic Map needs fewer ressources on my old device).

Google Maps wants me to do things, to consume. I want to get where I want and get things done. Thanks, I am grown up, no neede for a nanny ..

@Tutanota Oh yes! You mentioned organic maps. Thank you <3 More people should be aware of such app.

@Tutanota I wish there was a decent Google maps replacement. Not just for navigation--that's fairly simple--but rather for local SEARCH. How else are you supposed to search for stuff nearby? Yelp is the only alternative I even know of and it's terrible. Nextdoor is arguably a contender but it's even worse. Nothing community driven whatsoever that I'm aware of...

@Andrew @Tutanota

I use OpenStreetMap and OSMAnd and find them excellent for cartographic purposes (such as recording the distance between known points), but they lack the local info. I guess one big problem with collecting any info on commercial businesses is data quality/liability etc (as commercial rivals might put up false info to sabotage their competitors)

@vfrmedia @Tutanota I suppose, but I think the bigger issue is not even having POI data in the first place. Photos and community feedback are hugely valuable in validating that a place still exists and that the listing is accurate. There are all sorts of ways something like this could be built – data hosted by a nonprofit with community reviews and editing is one option, or you could even have every POI pull data from its own activitypub account controlled by the owner. Right now it seems the best we have is pulling from wikipedia, if it even exists for the place.

@Tutanota I use organic maps for its really smooth user interface, but I saw that OpenStreetMaps has more information about buses and trains (at least in France). So perhaps it's interesting to have both

@Tutanota Amongst other things, I think the magic touch with a nav app is when end-users can submit events on the fly (closures, crashes, etc). The fact you can see other Waze users live on the map is a testament to the community-driven nature of the data.
Do any of the open options dabble in this currently?

@Tutanota not fond of Google the corporate behemoth, but give me an alternative to Goolge Street View and i'll consider switching

Google Street View is awesome and i use it all the time

@Tutanota as a long distance cyclist I always use Osmand+ which I can download sections for to use offline going abroad and delete them after I leave the section again. Very convenient.

@Tutanota I'm just back from a walk, recorded by OsmAnd, to measure the distance and maybe share my route later. Then I turned it OFF, because I can. That's the important part to me. I want to help other people, not obscenely wealthy corporations that have lied to me before, when they said services would be free forever.

@Tutanota It is not going from A to B that worries me, but rather going from B to A. 😉

@Tutanota hi tuta, I am planning to use your service but it won't allow me to pay for a subscription. Tried both my bank and Revolut's card, multiple devices, waited for a day, still nothing. Only error I get is a generic payment was unsuccessful message. Can you help me with this? Thanks

@Tutanota the idea behind these apps is great. I use Organic Maps sometimes, but all the OSM databases are missing local info. You cant find anything over 99% of the time via address. Waze is my curremt choice until something is done to provide addresses and more businesses to the database.

@andr01d Keep in mind that Waze was purchased by Google in 2013.

@Tutanota i underdtand its basically google maps. I would love to only use OSM however like I said, its impossible to get directions to any address.

@Tutanota and on Linux OSes (such as #SailfishOS or UbuntuTouch), there's PureMaps

@Tutanota
/e/OS comes oreinstalled with "Magic Earth", which is also not bad.
Not sure if it's entirely open Source, though. And I think it costs money if you get it via Google Play Store.