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Attached: 1 image Bueno, pues necesito alternativas a Google maps, porque acabo de decidir hace unos segundos dejar de usarlo después de que me saliera un trayecto con un desvío completamente innecesario que mete dos minutos más porque pasa cerca de una gasolinera que ha patrocinado ese trayecto

Original toot in Spanish says: “OK, so I need some alternatives to Google Maps, because I just decided seconds ago to stop using it after I got proposed a trip with a completely unnecessary detour which adds two extra minutes just because it pass by a gas station that sponsors this trip.”

    • bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      The one big draw of Google maps for me is the real-time traffic info. I don’t think that anything else had the ability to gather the same amount of info (except maybe Apple?)

      • w2tpmf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        Waze. Google Maps literally gathers a large part of it’s traffic real time data from Waze (which they also own).

        • bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          Maybe, but I suspect that Waze has a small fraction of the gmaps user base, so if it has compatible traffic info, it’s because it draws on Google’s data.

    • Aisteru@lemmy.aisteru.chEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      I tried OsmAnd, but sometimes when I try to set a course I get a message that the destination is not reachable… And honestly, the pathfinding is not great on those. I hate to like Maps’ algorithm, but I do think it’s way better than the alternatives.

      • elfio@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        Yeah, I’ve seen this sometimes, which lead me to create a osm account and improve coverage around my zone.

        OSM is a collaborative effort done by volunteers, so it might not be perfect in some places.

      • massacre@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        I’m right there eight you. And finding addresses is useless… I have used magicearth for over a year and it’s solid. Not open source but respectful privacy policy

    • ratman150@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I like osmand for off-grid motorcycle type stuff but I’ve found it to be somewhat useless for final mile navigation especially ironically in the city. I still use it as it’s awesome and allows pre-planned offline routes but I also still use gmaps as well. When I drove trucks for a living I found that the Garmin (truck specific but buy what you need) GPS to be quite amazing and will probably buy one of those for my car someday.