Comment on Is there a FOSS version of Waze or Google Maps?
chris@l.roofo.cc 2 hours agoI know. I was just talking about the amount of data that is available that is hard to reproduce in the FOSS world.
Comment on Is there a FOSS version of Waze or Google Maps?
chris@l.roofo.cc 2 hours agoI know. I was just talking about the amount of data that is available that is hard to reproduce in the FOSS world.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
but it might have sounded like you separate this two, the point of the commenter above, i believe, was that google maps and waze now share the same data. i do believe that getting all these contributors and keeping them, is the reason why google didn’t kill the waze already but is just slow-crippling it instead.
some volunteers might be happy to contribute data to waze, while they might not be as happy to do the same for google.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
How exactly are they crippling Waze?
It’s much better for input & feedback than Maps.
You can give verbal reports by phone or Android Auto/Car Play. Can give more variety of reports, eg: potholes, blocked lane, road kill. And it gives a very accurate countdown timer for how long you’re stuck in traffic. Waze is the superior app… IMHO.