Is there a FOSS version of Waze or Google Maps?

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• governorkeagan_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  There’s this project, which I believe just needs to be integrated into the map of your choice (OsmAnd has support already if I’m not mistaken).

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• chris@l.roofo.cc ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The biggest problem is scale. You need enough people to use it to even be remotely useful. Google has the movement data for so many phones that the can detect traffic problem only through the phones moving more slowly. Then there is waze where people actively add data. Even if there was an app that had the same functionality you wouldn’t get any benefit if you are the only in a 100km radius.

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  • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Waze is also owned by google.

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    • chris@l.roofo.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      I know. I was just talking about the amount of data that is available that is hard to reproduce in the FOSS world.

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• Steve@communick.news ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No. Live traffic data is too much server overhead for an monetized service.

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  • Linearity@piefed.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There’s definitely a way to implement it while maintaining privacy

    We just need a company or organization that’s not comically evil

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    • Successful_Try543@feddit.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      In the meantime one could parasitically use the Data from Google, e.g. in OSMAnd Link (in German but with useful screenshots).

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    • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      company or organization that’s not comically evil

      In a capitalist system? Good luck with that.

      A nonprofit organization, sure, but definitely not a company or a not-for-profit organization.

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• rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No.

  I use herewego when I need traffic data. afaict, it’s from the company tomtom and uses the data they are gathering from thier truck logistics business. Based in Germany.

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  • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    traffic data from trucks can’t be very useful for civilian traffic.

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  • logi@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wait, Tom Tom is German? So European.

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    • Successful_Try543@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      TomTom is based in the Netherlands.

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  • furtiveParalysis@jlai.lu ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Indeed, no but demand is rising as osm becomes known and a legit map replacement.

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    • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Give me android implementation.

      Or rather give me phone projection that isnt tied to google or apple.

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• furtiveParalysis@jlai.lu ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  As it should be, I’ll reference the openTraffic effort wich I think is stale since about 10years. There definitely is a need for this infrastructure as opensource map users grow along the years. github.com/opentraffic

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• mortalic@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I believe Murena Maps is working on implementing traffic data. I don’t love their turn by turn, but if they do get traffic data, I’ll use it.

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• 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  organicmaps.app

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  • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s recommended to use CoMaps as that is the more-ethical successor to Organic Maps. (If you’re not aware, there was a problem with Organic Maps being very…non-transparent should I say, and people got fed up with it and forked the project with the intent of establishing a successor app but that was more dedicated to transparency in decision-making.

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    • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip ⁨26⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      ok, i was not aware, thank you for the info

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  • ivn@tarte.nuage-libre.fr ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And CoMaps is its fork.

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