Tuta

8 months ago

Tuta
8 months ago

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…
#degoogle #maps #opensource #foss #privacy

A list of our recommendations for alternatives to Google Maps including OpenStreetMap, OsmAnd, Organic Map, and Locus Map.

Looking to drop Google? Here are the best Google Maps alternatives for finding your way.

With a number of community driven, open source mapping projects picking a navigation app without ads or tracking has never been easier.

^Tuta

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Artur Neumann

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

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

#foss #cycling #openstreetmap #running #Komoot #locus #trekking

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Frieder Schrempf

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

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

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gi124

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

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

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Ertain

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

I use OSMand. It's not a bad app.

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Ball Shaped Man

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

magic earth map as well.

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Zaphod42

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

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 ..

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nictakiego

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

Oh yes! You mentioned organic maps. Thank you ❤ More people should be aware of such app.

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samsoul75

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

OsmAnd ling tome user hère 🖐️

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Andrew

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

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...

#Google #degoogle #maps

#google #maps #degoogle

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John Q

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

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?

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Jens Michael B.-Hansen

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

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.

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Maël

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

Hi ! For French people : cartes.app.

Full Web open source alternative. ~ half of France for transit cover. 90 % at the end of the year.

Cartes

Des cartes libres et gratuites sur le Web, alternatives aux maps Google et Apple, pour trouver un commerce, un lieu, visiter une ville, calculer un trajet à pieds, en vélo, en transport en commun, en train.

^cartes.app

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Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

Which one has the best Android Auto experience?

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Andy Wootton

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

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.

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TRIPLE ///

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

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

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andr01d

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

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.

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Tuta

in reply to andr01d 8 months ago

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

@andr01d

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DrYak

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

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

#sailfishos

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Mr. Teatime

in reply to Tuta 8 months ago

/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.

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