Comment on Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour

technomad@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  +1, also recommend StreetComplete alongside it. Makes it easy to add data to OSM, in many cases (parks, etc) this data can be made extremely detailed.

  For instance, my first use case was adding house numbers around my neighborhood to OSM, because I couldn’t search for my address on Organic Maps

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• fatboy93@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Does this support Android Auto? That’s the only reason I use maps.

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  • Drigo@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Turn-by-turn walking, cycling, and car navigation with voice guidance and Android Auto

    On their “about page”

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  • B0rax@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think it does, yes. At least it does support CarPlay on iOS, so I guess the functionality on Android is also there.

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  • technomad@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m pretty sure I did see something pretty recently about Android auto support.

    Personally, I prefer to use it without being connected.

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• boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I do like that it’s available offline, but does it have live traffic if you’re online? Waze has informed me about many a traffic jam and helped me circumvent them. Plus road closures, etc.

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  • technomad@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t think that is something that it has yet, It’s possible that they could be working on something like that though. If you don’t find anything, It would be worth a suggestion for sure.

    github

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Live traffic would require tracking everyone like Google does.

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    • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can be handled anonymously but then how much do you trust the server?

      It should also be opt-in

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