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| over 6 years ago | over 1 year ago | |
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| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | Apache License 2.0 |
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eraser-map
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Why Openstreetmap as a product fails to compete with Google Maps – part 1/3
(Former Mapzen employee here).
I _think_ you're talking about Eraser Map(https://github.com/mapzen/eraser-map) right?
It was awesome! It's the closest I know of to "Google Maps, but open source and based on open data". It was an app built for _end users_, not OSM editors. And it worked pretty darn well. When it didn't, any problems could (at least theoretically) be addressed with improvements to OSM data or the Mapzen open-source projects.
There was a team of at least two people working on it full time, plus lots of work on the design, product, and integration with geocoding, routing, transit etc. The multi-modal (switching from walking to transit to car, etc) transit directions were particularly awesome.
I used it as my daily driver for much of my navigation around NYC, and as time went on only had to fall back to Google Maps maybe 25% of the time, usually for missing POI data.
Unfortunately I think it's one of the few Mapzen projects that hasn't seen new life after the company shut down, and like you said it would take quite a bit of work (read: money) to keep it going. It might be possible with some work to find grant money through a couple organizations. The OSMF has done some awesome work lately with the micro-grants, but this would definitely be a level we haven't seen (yet).
omim
- Best offline maps?! - 🧭
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OpenStreetMap proven to be a highly accurate map in top US cities
Surprisingly, the original is still being updated too: https://github.com/mapsme/omim
Is OMaps available for phones yet? All I can see is source code.
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Why Openstreetmap as a product fails to compete with Google Maps – part 1/3
1) it is open source with at least Android app published under Apache-2.0 License ( https://github.com/mapsme/omim is still up)
2) commercial entity often develop open source software, this dychotomy is false
3) mapy.cz is strictly superior for hiking, and for most of foot navigation (at least in my opinion)
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Maps.me is gone. We must bring it back
I don't have much simpathy for MapsWithMe: they were illegally using OpenStreetMap data by not providing attribution[2] to the project and never complied. I don't know if intentionally or not, but they didn't make life easy for the maintainer of the libre fork, which looks dead too.
[1]: https://github.com/matkoniecz/illegal-use-of-OpenStreetMap/b...
[2]: https://github.com/mapsme/omim/issues/11845
What are some alternatives?
osmscout-server - Maps server providing tiles, geocoder, and router
StreetComplete - Easy to use OpenStreetMap editor for Android [Moved to: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete]
osmand_map_creation - OSM data + open address data compiled for use in OSMAnd
StreetComplete - Easy to use OpenStreetMap editor for Android
vtm - OpenGL vector map library - running on Android, iOS, Desktop and browser.
Geoadmin - Source code of map.geo.admin.ch. Managed by geoadmin/infra-terraform-github-bgdi
openstreetmap-tile-server - Docker file for a minimal effort OpenStreetMap tile server
appledata
omim