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Map Apps for GrapheneOS (feddit.org)
submitted 3 months ago* by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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Well, what maps do you recommend over Apple or Google?

I have just recently de-googled my phone with GrapheneOS.

I want something that is going to be real-time and respect privacy.

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[–] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

I personally find all the open source Open Street Maps based apps to be extremely lacking. 90% of the places I'd try to find aren't there and for some. of them navigation was off too. I use Here We Go.

Good: No missing locations. Uses Trip Advisor for reviews. Database & navigation is good. Less features than Google but low bs. Privacy policy states that no personal user data is collected without consent, and is pretty short & sweet. Telemetry is opt in, though you can't get traffic data without it. There is a toggle to run it entirely offline. There are buttons to delete history or delete all data collection taken. Based in the Netherlands. Owned mostly by German car manufacturers.

Bad: No search along route or Voice Assistant in Android Auto. Closed source. 2 trackers (Facebook login, Google Crashlytics, both optional though). Rarely any pictures. Requires you to download from the Play Store to use in Android Auto (no Aurora).

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Open Street Maps based apps to be extremely lacking

    This should be more of a shared responsibility, it's not an app's fault but the simple fact that OSM lacks a lot of information in many areas. That's why it's so important to contribute to OSM even a little bit, just mapping your own street block and nothing else is already a huge improvement.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    whenever i have an issue with navigating to something, i contribute to it to make sure that navigation error would never happen again. fully recommend the process, its very satisfying to do, makes you feel like a conquistador mapping the hidden cenote in which resides mcdonalds

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    yeah I do the same lol

    That's the easiest and most rewarding way to contribute without making it a full hobby by going to places specifically to map them, it feels great when I lookup the same thing after some time and it just works now

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Did you contribute to OSM to make the maps better for you and everyone else?

    My area had nothing a couple of years ago. But I started contributing every week or so and it's filled out nicely, and some other people started doing the same. It's more accurate than Google Maps in my area now.

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