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Announcing CoMaps! Navigate with Privacy - Discover more of your journey! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by CoMaps@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Exciting News! We're thrilled to announce the release of CoMaps to Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and F-Droid!

CoMaps Highlights

· Offline Search and Route: Plan and navigate your trips without internet

· Saves battery: Efficient design that does not drain your battery

· Privacy-respecting: no identify people, no tracking, no data collection

· Free and No Ads: completely free, your journey is smooth

What makes CoMaps special?

CoMaps is a community-driven open-source navigation app · Open & Transparent: All decisions are made in public, with full transparency.

· Community Empowerment: You have a voice in how the app evolves.

· Free & Not-for-Profit: Our focus is on creating value for the community, not generating profit.

Download CoMaps Today

Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.comaps.google
Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/comaps/id6747180809
F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/app.comaps.fdroid/

A split image, the left half is the CoMaps olive green background with text on it reading "Announcing CoMaps Download", below icons for Google Play, Apple App Store and F-Droid. The right half has an image of a mountain landscape with a lake, overlayed with the text "Discover more of your journey".

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[–] migo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Do we think traffic data will ever be available for a project like this one? Or maybe it already is and I just don't know.

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[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Traffic data kind of requires driver tracking data to be sent to the cloud, which usually goes against the philosophy of projects like this. Unless they're obtaining it from a third party, I doubt it'll be a feature they implement.

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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I think it would be fine if it were opt-in, but then you wouldn't get enough data to get accurate traffic estimates

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[–] obsidianfoxxy7870@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I've wondered if you could even if it was slowly build up a database of traffic infromation and have it be an opt in feature. Like I know in general in my city when things get busiser so I know when to avoid certain parts.

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[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

OsmAnd seems to do this.

They predict traffic patterns based on random UUID. I don't know how it works but it seems to be default on.

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[–] lorski@sopuli.xyz -4 points 1 year ago