Ask HN: Google Maps alternative that uses OSM?

12 points by _august 4y ago ↗ HN

Is there a good alternative website for google maps? I tried the official OSM website but I can't search simple things like "gyms" or "cafes" in the current viewport (it does a name search instead of a category search)

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btown 4y ago ↗

https://foursquare.com/city-guide layers Foursquare's proprietary labeled place taxonomy ( https://developer.foursquare.com/docs/categories ) on top of Mapbox maps which use OSM. It's certainly not all open source data, but if you want something that's an already-deployed website that doesn't use Google tech, it may be your best bet.

castorp 4y ago ↗

Did you try Qwant? https://www.qwant.com/maps

marcodiego 4y ago ↗

If you can install an android app, I've been using OsmAnd for exactly that.

pmontra 4y ago ↗

I do, but I end up using Google Street Maps and satellite view very often. That makes OSMAnd not as useful as it could be. I need at least a satellite view to switch to OSMAnd as my main mapping app.

frafra 4y ago ↗

You can enable the online maps from OSMAnd and enable Microsoft Earth: https://osmand.net/features/online-maps-plugin

ce4 4y ago ↗

It's available for iOS as well.

mike_d 4y ago ↗

GeoNames.org or OSM will give you natural places ("New York", "River Thames", etc). Commercial places ("McDonalds", "Cafes", etc) are primarily proprietary databases.

As a reference, Apple maps sources its commercial places data from a combination of: TomTom, Automotive Navigation Data, Getchee, Hexagon AB, IGN, Increment P, Intermap Technologies, LeadDog, MDA Information Systems, OpenStreetMap, and Waze.

habi 4y ago ↗

https://overpass-turbo.eu/ is a complete search for OpenStreetMap. It’s a bit cumbersome to use, but the wizard is great and the search is super powerful. I particularly like “banks far away from police stations” example: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_AP... ;)