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Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app (www.engadget.com)
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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I love Comaps. I have it installed on my Android phone. I contribute to OpenStreet maps when I can.

are the two related?

[–] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 week ago

Open street maps is the back end for comaps and most open source mapping programs

[–] uuj8za@piefed.social 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Comaps, OSM And, and other apps use OpenStreet maps as their data source, sometimes as their only data source. So if the data isn't in OpenStreet maps, it's not gonna be in Comaps. Comaps is basically a frontend for OpenStreet map data.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

thank you. why would I go for comaps instead of open street maps then?

[–] uuj8za@piefed.social 22 points 1 week ago

OpenStreet maps is primarily a data source. I guess you could use the website: https://www.openstreetmap.org/

But they don't have mobile apps.