Comment on Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app

unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• T156@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A little confused, is this basically the same thing as Open Street Maps, just in app form?

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  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yep it uses a selection of the most important data from OSM because the entire thing would be too huge to keep on your phone. You download the map in sections so region/city based but you can also just get an entire country which will be a few GB.

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  • Railcar8095@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They use OSM as source for maps, yes.

    Not sure how much they add, aside from offline functionality.

    Other apps add extra data sources.

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• muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve looked at apps like these and weirdly it’s just map you can search through. There’s no turn by turn directions.

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  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It very much has routing, route saving, turn by turn instructions, voice instructions and more. Idk what you mean.

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    • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I couldn’t get it to work. Is it only in Europe that works?

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      • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I dont use apple devices so i cant test it, but i thought it would be identical to the android experience.

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