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Written by Rudo on 2024-09-19 at 02:36

Inspired by Google's move to remove @organicmaps from the Playstore without warning, I finally decided to move my > 3,000 Google Maps saved places to Organic Maps. To facilitate doing this for others' benefit, I made a quick webpage to convert your Google Maps GeoJSON data to GPX and KMZ files that render well in Organic Maps.

https://rudokemper.github.io/google-maps-places-to-organic-maps/

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Written by Jaime Herazo on 2024-09-19 at 08:36

@rudo @organicmaps

Oh man, i REALLY wanna ditch Maps, but right now it's the ONLY app that gives me reliable navigation for public transportation, nothing OSM-based i've seen yet comes even remotely close to GMaps on this, OSMAnd is the one that seems to try and get close, but the suggestions are... NOT good, and take forever to compute

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Written by D. B. Stuck on 2024-09-19 at 11:05

@jherazob @rudo @organicmaps

Yep. I used Google Maps to navigate the public transit system in DC. I was surprised at how well it worked with live updates of arrival times for busses and trains. Then again Alphabet has those connections and deals to make it so.

I am playing around with Organic Maps at the moment. My next step is to use it for some upcoming car trips.

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Written by Json Doh on 2024-09-19 at 16:09

@MyWoolyMastadon @jherazob @rudo @organicmaps

Another feature of big tech that would be nearly impossible to implement is live traffic and road closure updates

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Written by Jaime Herazo on 2024-09-19 at 16:29

@jdoe @MyWoolyMastadon @rudo @organicmaps

Gut feeling with these kinds of problems tends to be "Something peer to peer", but i'm but a humble sysadmin so dunno how realistic that gut feeling is

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Written by D. B. Stuck on 2024-09-19 at 17:16

@jherazob @jdoe @rudo @organicmaps

One cool yet spooky aspect of Google Maps is when they tell you how busy a place is due to the number of phone users at a location.

I know I've backed out of visiting one restaurant over another due to what it has said.

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