Submitted 5 days ago by cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5m2JxplnXk
Restore the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps fixthegulf.com
Just spent 20 minutes finding an updated motor carriers Atlas.
It is spiral bound and laminated pages.
Google maps is handy… But like with all online services . We are at the mercy of license agreement…
Time to start thinking about going back to analog sources of information.
That was a fun educational watch seeing the thought process that goes into trying to figure how to interpret the data to make an extension.
Who cares? How often does someone actually see the name of the Gulf when using maps?
Because if Google agrees to that kind of petty shit, you better know they’re gonna give your data and position to the government without a blink. De-googling yourself is just common sense at this point.
And every other mapping source out there that currently still labels it Gulf of Mexico will eventually change it to Gulf of America because that’s what it is recognized by the federal government. Name changes never prevent people from using the well-established name, a majority of users on X still refer to it as Twitter. It will always be Twitter.
And how does adding an extension to Google Chrome that visually changes one word on Google Maps suppose to help with that?
They have policy that updates names from official government sources. you people are making petty things are bigger deal.
I think that it being a Trump decision, people needs to get mad ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
With all the shit that Trump does, it makes more sense to get mad about things that actually matter.
Marleyinoc@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I switched to Organic Maps on Android. I’m still figuring out how to make it convenient (some apps seem to prefer trying to open with Google Maps which is now disabled) but it works on Android Auto and gets me to destination just fine.
Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
I tried this on a trip a couple days ago and had to go back to Google. It wasn’t giving me street names or exits in the navigation. It’d say take the next right instead of take exit 17 for example. Completely missed a fork and didn’t tell me which way to go. Google has issues too but first impressions for organic was not positive.
dan80@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
For car navigation use Magic Earth. It’based on Openstreetmap too, Han has the best routing algorithm I found so far (yes, better than Google).
underfreyja@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I’ve been using Tom Tom for a week and I’m gonna say, it’s doing the job. It could be better though. I’m hoping that some better app comes along otherwise I’ll just go back to Waze and use a dummy account on it or something.
NutWrench@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I also recommend downloading StreetComplete, which lets you contribute to the OpenStreetMaps database.
Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Here WeGo is a good alternative that can work fully offline too.
hydration9806@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
If you open the android settings for Organic Maps (where you adjust permissions), there should be one called “Open by Default” or something like that. Just add all the links that are presented there.
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Organic map is crazy fast. I just wish it has trafic data but after a few weeks using it, that’s not a big difference in the end.
njordomir@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Traffic isn’t too bad where I’m at, but I find myself missing satelite images and streetview, both for exploring and locating garage entrances or anything else. Having said that, and thanks to my buddies here on Lemmy, I successfully eliminated over half of my proprietary phone apps and shoved all the remaining proprietary stuff in a single folder so I would only access it after trying the FOSS alternatives. Anything that has a web portal instead of an app is going next, and that includes Google Maps.
Organic maps is great, OSMand is great if more detail is needed.