geteilt von: https://feddit.nl/post/33407329
We've all already talked about switching away from google/apple maps to something like openstreetmaps, mapy, tomtom amigo, etc. But all of these services use openstreetmaps (UK non-profit) as a source and they still miss a lot of local data even for bigger cities!
If you have some spare time, think about adding a bit of data to the map with your local knowledge. There's a lot of business data missing that is on google maps like websites, phone numbers and opening hours but also stuff like parking lots and whether they're publicly accessible and free or not. Adding these makes the competition of ALL services using OSM as a source better.
I also use the mobile app https://streetcomplete.app/ and https://every-door.app/ to add data while on my walks, these make my walks more engaging and I actually take longer ones + see new places because of it. Streetcomplete also has a focus on important and easy to collect data with their default filters, and you can choose what you want to contribute.
If you really want to get into the thick of it and contribute more than just simple data you can always check out https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/How_to_contribute and see in which of the many ways you can contribute!
Organic Maps has faced some recent controversy, circling around use of donations to fund personal vacations, development of some functionality in private repositories, commercials partners (e.g. Kayak), and hints that they're building the company to sell for profit.
I can't speak to the truth of all this, but CoMaps is a stable community fork with active development and FOSS-embracing principles.
Do you know where I can read more about this? I haven't been paying attention to this at all and am curious to know more.
Here's the open letter sent to the Organic Maps shareholders from many of the community of contributors, prior to the CoMaps fork.
Here's a follow-up post with some details about the response.
The CoMaps announcement blog post says that they made no headway in resolving these issues, hence the split.
@egrets @johan
Interesting. I never really enjoyed #organicMaps, but have it installed. Now added #CoMaps and will try it out.
Are they in the fediverse some where to follow?
Oh, good to know! I will look at other options then
https://www.comaps.app/ is a community led fork of Organic Maps, which was made as a response to the controversy.