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Why does it feel like navigation apps are more interested in your data than in helping you find your way? That's why we are working to create CoMaps – a community-driven, open-source navigation app designed for you to take the lead.

· Open & Transparent: All decisions are made in public, with full transparency.

· Privacy-respecting: The app doesn’t track you or collect your data.

· 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.

Join us in building a navigation app that truly serves the public good!

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Minor nit, but it might be good to have a link to https://www.comaps.app/ in the community sidebar here. I wasn't sure if I remembered the URL and looked there for a link to click because I'm lazy and didn't see it. Couple of questions too if that's OK:

Is this Lemmy community going away if/when a new name is chosen?
Looks like the app isn't available for download yet, even as an APK? The download links at https://www.comaps.app/download/ are invalid.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

@m_f
The fork does not seem to be ready yet.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Good catch! The website wasn't live when this community was created.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I don't want to clutter the matrix chat so I'll ask here:

Any plans to also open a donation page on liberapay? Might be too early to ask but thought I'd throw it in here :)

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

You'll never guess why I'm here! (Someone set up a pledge on our Floss.social)

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Eyy! hope you can announce it soon on this community as well! :)

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Great question, we do have plans to create it! Since we have not yet incorporated as a non-profit, there are extra steps to set this up, and we're working on it right now. Thank you for your support, we appreciate you very much!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Good to hear! I'm here to root for and support you guys! :)

this post was submitted on 15 May 2025

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Cooperative community open-source fork of Organic Maps, an offline privacy-respecting not-for-profit OpenStreetMap GPS app for your phone.

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