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[+] 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I can't think of any reason the backend can't be open-source too.

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  • [+] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)
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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Setting up a server just for this is clearly overkill, but if you already have a homeserver it would be great to be able to deploy the backend. Sadly there is no such thing currently

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I totally agree. Running a server on a home machine that's already running 24/7 is trivial. I don't know why this guy is acting like it's a big deal. I've got a $100 mini-PC running multiple servers already. What's one more?

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  • [+] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Not necessarily. Most people in the US are locked into some kind of ridiculous contract that makes swapping/upgrading their phone a pain in the ass and a financial burden. To be fair, these same types of people probably lack the ability to run a home server so maybe my point is moot 😅

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    What is the cost of hosting a server like this? I'd imagine someone could cloud host it at a cost of $10/mo and sell the online service at $1-$2/mo, which would take very few users to turn a profit. If the code is FOSS, some people would be willing to pay for the service.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    You're right. There is (are?) an open source web interface to OSM. Technically, someone could host that themselves, and the app is just the web browser.

    The real reason that it's not common is because there's no demand; or, at least, not enough for anyone to take the effort to package it up in an easy-to-deploy, well documented release. And demand is low because having offline, local tiles is almost always preferrable to nav or maps that require relatively heavy, constant internet access.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    No

    The current FOSS offerings do the calculations on your device, so you'd need the maps downloaded locally. The small apps that stream their tiles from OSM/Jawg/ESRI/Mapbox etc. don't support navigation because of this

    Not FOSS but the closest thing you'll get to this is GMaps WV on F-Droid, made by the DivestOS team. Even that does not support navigation though, it only provides directions (usable for me, your mileage may vary...)

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not under 50MB but there is: https://organicmaps.app/

    And

    https://osmand.net/

    I find Organic Maps best for driving and OSMAnd+ best for walks.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Organic maps can't even handle addresses. How is this useful for driving?

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    Not in the US. I have the world map and the los Angeles maps. It is incapable of recognizing any address that I give it

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Is the area properly mapped in OpenStreetMap? Organic Maps uses OpenStreetMap data, if addresses are not present there, then it's up to the users to add them.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    This is the address for the belasco in Los Angeles. It knows the names of the street but not the numbers. Without addresses it's basically useless.

    Clicking on any of these results will simply take you to that street at a random location on it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Not in the US.

    I'd be careful of making sweeping statements about 3.7m square miles of land from your doorstep in LA.

    I'm in the US too, and here in Atlanta I use Organic Maps frequently to find specific street addresses. It works quite well. I would agree with the other responses here suggesting that maybe you could contribute some data to OSM for the areas you encounter that are missing street numbers. You'll be helping yourself and others!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Street address data isn't available for the US. I find the POI in Google Maps in Firefox and then go to Share and open the coordinates in Organic Maps or OsmAnd.

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  • I like organic maps cause it does shit locally, offline. It has to download the maps though which is certain to be larger than 50mb. What you are looking for is a cloud based maps solution like google maps and you aren't going to find that in foss space

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't know the size, but Organic Maps may be rather small

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Not foss but magic earth is a great app that does not rely on google maps. It can also work as a dashcam.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Gmaps WV on F-Droid?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Under 50mb is a very hard ask. Maps have a lot of data.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Looking for the same thing for Linux fwiw, with live turn by turn navigation and GPS support.

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