How to create an alternative to Google Maps

12 comments

• megrania4

  Neat ... the public transport issue is unfortunately a big one, and the hardest to solve :(

  Not just the live updates and departure/arrival times, but starting with the sheer existence. In the (reasonably big) city where I live the only thing to be found in OSM/CoMaps/OrganicMaps is the subway.

  No buses (including nightbuses for when the subway doesn't run), no commuter rail for the surrounding cities and suburbs, no tram ...

  Not sure where this data could be accessed ...

  • decended_being1

    Coming from someone stuck in the US, forgive my ignorance of public transit. But could you use the official public transit website/app for that?

    I know its not the same, switching between maps and that, but it's something?

    • Siru2

      This works sometimes, but there are also a lot of cities with public transit systems that are split into multiple providers. So you might have one website that shows you the subways and trams, and a different for the buses and regional trains. Trying to plan a trip with multiple connections can become quite difficutl very fast then. Especially if you are trying to do it on the spot instead of having had the time to plan in advance.

    • megrania2

      Potentially, yes, but the official apps available are all using Google Maps ... so I'm not sure how much of an improvement that would be over just using GMaps to begin with

• Attacker943via degoogle@lemmy.ml

  I don't know how it is in the UK, but I use street complete to contribute to osm

  • slartibartfast1412

    https://streetcomplete.app/

    Lots of users of StreetComplete in the UK. It's good fun.

• calm.like.a.bomb12via degoogle@lemmy.ml

  1st step: don't post on proven nazi sites.

  • Reannlegge3

    Sorry, I maybe missing something.

    • BlackEco13

      https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters

      https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/substack-extremism-nazi-white-supremacy-newsletters/676156/

      • Reannlegge8

        Thank you for enlightening me.

• ray2via degoogle@lemmy.ml

  No repo yet but I'm actually working on an app for contributing POIs that's like everydoor but just meant to be much easier to use. I actually hope everydoor would take some of the design choices one day when they get funding to continue work. For now they don't seem to be accepting PRs.

  • teolan3

    https://github.com/Zverik/every_door/discussions/1057#discussioncomment-17893927

    Development will ramp back up soon-ish