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.

  • BladeFederation@piefed.socialEnglish
    6·
    14 hours ago

    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).

    • iByteABit@lemmy.ml
      6·
      15 hours ago

      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.

    • CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      13 hours 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.