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

phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And unfortunately, for maps, it’s basically just Apple and Google. I’m trying to get used to OSM, but it just isn’t easy to do the things I want to do: find directions to a store.

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  • w2tpmf@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    MapQuest is still a thing. Bing maps… exists. Wave, even though owned by Google, hasn’t been fucked yet.

    Magic Earth is another open source alternative besides OSM.

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    • 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Magic Earth uses OSM map data.

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  • Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    osm sucks at addresses. The only way I can use it for navigation is doing google to coordinate conversion and just saving all the places. I haven’t seen this new google change but we’ll see if its enough to make me drop the last google service I use.

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