The issue is that we change our map file "format" with nearly every release, and handling that without crashing is already a job. For example if we add, say, bomb shelters to the map, an older app using that newer data…
We already do local bookmark backup, and use KML natively I think. It just doesn't sync, resolving sync conflicts is hard.
The problem with gamification is it implies tracking and moderation so it's often a thin "fun" veneer over pervasive corporate tracking/surveillance
#1 is a common request and possible future improvement, #2 is coming soon with TraffXML (taking in live traffic, not necessarily contributing it back)
CoMaps lets you record a route, though it's somewhat limited
We're working on the routing UI! It's a common hangup.
We tell our users that OsmAnd is great if you want a mapping swiss army knife in your pocket: it does a little bit of everything, for power users. It has plugins and customizability. CoMaps' mission is to be an…
Hi! How have you tried to reach us? We have an open task to consider using something like cartes.app as a web "version" of CoMaps. https://codeberg.org/comaps/url-processor/issues/16
I've been editing OSM since 2015 and contributing to FOSS OSM apps for about half that, there have been conflicts or special cases in the past but edits on StreetComplete, OsmAnd, Organic Maps, and CoMaps all go live…
Every version of Organic Maps and CoMaps (and probably to some extent OsmAnd) use slightly different formats of maps; consider a new feature to support park bench backrests/colors/materials. That info likely wouldn't…
A.T. is extremely trail oriented including user-submitted routes and reviews, but it may miss some less popular raw OSM-based paths. OSM based apps like OsmAnd and CoMaps just display all the data neutrally, such might…
The Telegram/Matrix channel had the info... for minutes at a time before the owners deleted it :X
80% of OM/CM search issues are just lacking data in OSM
OM and CoMaps should also work, though you might need to wait awhile for a GPS fix and be near a window. Google's main hiccup will be an internet connection for the maps.
I think Uber might use OSM, but might not update very often, or might use different logic than other apps
It's the Kayak referral links on hotel POIs, which some people consider ads
How does Apple accept donations?
I don't think there was an opt-in, at least at first. The Kayak links were there and they had a generic OM referral code attached so they got the credit
https://www.comaps.app/news/2025-04-16/1/
It should zoom in and automatically download.
M.E. is closed source and some would argue somewhat enshittifying
This isn't true, I don't know any FOSS OSM apps that have any approval process.
Lol https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/pull/12255
Geo Share is great!
We've actually massively held off on begging for donations -- for example we removed the ability of the app to dynamically insert ads into the menus or change the home button to a icon, and massively scaled back our…
The issue is that we change our map file "format" with nearly every release, and handling that without crashing is already a job. For example if we add, say, bomb shelters to the map, an older app using that newer data…
We already do local bookmark backup, and use KML natively I think. It just doesn't sync, resolving sync conflicts is hard.
The problem with gamification is it implies tracking and moderation so it's often a thin "fun" veneer over pervasive corporate tracking/surveillance
#1 is a common request and possible future improvement, #2 is coming soon with TraffXML (taking in live traffic, not necessarily contributing it back)
CoMaps lets you record a route, though it's somewhat limited
We're working on the routing UI! It's a common hangup.
We tell our users that OsmAnd is great if you want a mapping swiss army knife in your pocket: it does a little bit of everything, for power users. It has plugins and customizability. CoMaps' mission is to be an…
Hi! How have you tried to reach us? We have an open task to consider using something like cartes.app as a web "version" of CoMaps. https://codeberg.org/comaps/url-processor/issues/16
I've been editing OSM since 2015 and contributing to FOSS OSM apps for about half that, there have been conflicts or special cases in the past but edits on StreetComplete, OsmAnd, Organic Maps, and CoMaps all go live…
Every version of Organic Maps and CoMaps (and probably to some extent OsmAnd) use slightly different formats of maps; consider a new feature to support park bench backrests/colors/materials. That info likely wouldn't…
A.T. is extremely trail oriented including user-submitted routes and reviews, but it may miss some less popular raw OSM-based paths. OSM based apps like OsmAnd and CoMaps just display all the data neutrally, such might…
The Telegram/Matrix channel had the info... for minutes at a time before the owners deleted it :X
80% of OM/CM search issues are just lacking data in OSM
OM and CoMaps should also work, though you might need to wait awhile for a GPS fix and be near a window. Google's main hiccup will be an internet connection for the maps.
I think Uber might use OSM, but might not update very often, or might use different logic than other apps
It's the Kayak referral links on hotel POIs, which some people consider ads
How does Apple accept donations?
I don't think there was an opt-in, at least at first. The Kayak links were there and they had a generic OM referral code attached so they got the credit
https://www.comaps.app/news/2025-04-16/1/
It should zoom in and automatically download.
M.E. is closed source and some would argue somewhat enshittifying
This isn't true, I don't know any FOSS OSM apps that have any approval process.
Lol https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/pull/12255
Geo Share is great!
We've actually massively held off on begging for donations -- for example we removed the ability of the app to dynamically insert ads into the menus or change the home button to a icon, and massively scaled back our…