Time to finally quit using #komoot . A few days after being bought by an italian investor, 80% of staff has been laid off. Not expecting anything good for the future.

Taking a closer look at #OsmAnd

https://escapecollective.com/how-komoot-lost-its-way/

Questo sabato prenderò il mio navigatore preferito (#OrganicMaps + #OsmAnd - #OpenStreetMap) e metterò la destinazione "risotto, Italia"

I tried using the Open Street Map app #OSMand in #Japan and it was so bad I don't know where to begin. Incredibly, OSMand does not understand how Japanese addresses work, because it apparently assumes all addresses must be "street" addresses. There is no such thing as a "street address" in Japan. Addresses go by neighborhoods, not streets. Most streets in Japan don't even have names. Second, all directions were ridiculously speeded up. At least twice as fast as normal spoken Japanese. My experiences trying to get from A to B in a car using OSMand were a bad joke. This app, at least in Japan, is not even at "alpha" stage. #OpenStreetMap

Decided to try #Osmand app instead of #GoogleMaps and it sure was a confusing first run experience. I'm still not sure if I set it up correctly AND felt like I had to sign up to Pro to get this far.

Two hour mapping session with almost 300 solved #StreetComplete quests and 70 #OpenStreetMap local notes over 6 km.

Hilarious #OsmAnd routing failure: bike from one neighbourhood to the next in Helsinki, through Stockholm. Only 545 km detour. The voice was outraged that "You have deviated from the path by 60 m!?".

(I think this happened because I have geolocation disabled until a moment before. When you re-enable, it takes a little while for the "real" location to propagate, and a random previous location from the cache is used. When the map updated, the route did not.)

Hallo Fediverse,
kürzlich hatte ich bei einer Unterhaltung das Thema GoogleMaps. Es wurde gesagt, dass die Sympathie ja auch nicht bei Google liege, jedoch mache man davon Gebrauch, da dort die [POI] so unkompliziert zu finden und mit Zusatzinformationen befüllt sind. Ich selbst verwende #osmand.
Gibt es weitere Alternativen, die ich vorschlagen könnte (besonders zur Online-Nutzung)?
#unplugtrump

Jour 8 : Sortie progressive des #GAFAM

Google Maps → Quelle Alternative???

Vous saviez que chaque fois que vous utilisez Google Maps, vos trajets, vos recherches et vos habitudes sont enregistrés et vendus à des entreprises ?
Les assureurs, les agences de pub, les géants du retail et même les gouvernements sont intéressés par ces données.

Alternatives open-source et respectueuses de la vie privée :
Organic Maps : Léger, rapide et parfait pour les déplacements hors ligne.
OpenStreetMap : La carte collaborative, gratuite et sans traçage.
OsmAnd : Fonctionnalités avancées avec navigation hors ligne et cartographie détaillée.

#degoogliser
#OsmAnd

#FediAsk / #BikeTooter : Is there a #free and #opensource software ( #FOSS ) on #Android for #bike #navigation which allows to upload a #GPX route, *easily* and quickly modify it before as well as *during* navigation, and at the end download the GPX file? I love the #OsmAnd navigation tool, but, since I am by far not a #geek ,somehow fail to quickly modify the tracks.
Thank you.

Hmm, privacy tip. OsmAnd sends a "unique ID" when you download offline maps, UNLESS, you turn off that identifier. Any kind of UUID transmitted over the web is unfortunately (another) digital footprint ad companies and whatnot can use to follow you through life. You can turn it off. #osmand #privacy #tracking

ma è normale che #osmand non giri i nomi delle strade e dei luoghi quando giri la mappa?