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Announcing CoMaps! Navigate with Privacy - Discover more of your journey! (programming.dev)

submitted 2 days ago by Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/33269684

Exciting News! We're thrilled to announce the release of CoMaps to Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and F-Droid!

CoMaps Highlights

· Offline Search and Route: Plan and navigate your trips without internet

· Saves battery: Efficient design that does not drain your battery

· Privacy-respecting: no identify people, no tracking, no data collection

· Free and No Ads: completely free, your journey is smooth

What makes CoMaps special?

CoMaps is a community-driven open-source navigation app · Open & Transparent: All decisions are made in public, with full transparency.

· 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.

Download CoMaps Today

Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.comaps.google

Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/comaps/id6747180809

F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/app.comaps.fdroid/

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

i hope they update osm data more frequently than ogm. i've made changes on osm and they're still no in organic maps :(

edit; THEY HAVE THE TWO ITEMS I ADDED <3

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 5 points 2 days ago

be careful with combining lemmy and osm, you are giving away where you live, possibly to the house and you won't know it (like if you upload gps traces)

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

[–] pezhore@infosec.pub 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hrm, does this allow for things like sharing speed traps or raid hazards like items in the road?

That's a pretty big reason why I haven't moved off of Google maps (despite trying to degoogle the rest of my life).

[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Magic earth does that.

[–] pezhore@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh cool, just downloaded it. Looks like it'll do some congestion stuff too?

[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That it does. However, I haven't used it enough to make any statements about its accuracy.

[–] pezhore@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago

Unless they get that data from some third party source, it's probably based on user metrics like Google maps.

Anything is better than nothing though. OSM once navigated me into a huge traffic jam. 😄

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

FYI @CoMaps@programming.dev

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago

Interesting. We have an official comaps community on !CoMaps@sopuli.xyz that is linked on comaps page and one of the main devs posts there. Wonder if they made that user?

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Not seeing it in FDroid, and I have about 30 repositories setup.

Nevermind, resolved.