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Strange, absolutely can't get F-Droid to show CoMaps, even with direct links 😔
Search results in F-Droid
Does F-Droid restrict access to apps based on geolocation? In Scandinavia 🤔
Link (F-Droid button) from official site
It's currently hit by the "tethered network services" anti feature, which is hidden by default.
They are working on removing the anti feature
Thank you 👌 Allowed tethered, worked after deleting app data 😊
Did you check tethering under settings>unwanted properties (ot something like that)?
Thanks! Tethered was off, didn't help allowing it at first. Ended up deleting all app data for F-Droid, waiting for app list to refresh, and now I see it 😊👍
Works fine for me using droidify
No Satellite view. ☹️
I know I'll probably get a serve for this, bit I use HERE WeGo maps. I know it's proprietary, I know it still tracks data. But it's not Google, and I always use offline maps and navigation. I just can't get behind the ugly UI of OSM, Organic/CoMaps etc.
I'm on GrapheneOS so I can setup scopes for network access if it needs permissions — it works without network permission, I just enable it to update maps periodically. It also works with android auto.
Of course, if you're comfortable with OSM or CoMaps UI then that's the better choice. I'm just sharing my experience.
What's this app? I don't recognize it
CoMaps
Ahh, my UI/icon looks different due to android :p Weirdly no Lemmy option though. Thanks!
You should have the new logo with the latest update; if you're using F-Droid it'll take a little longer to release, apparently.
I am, thank you
if you're using F-Droid it'll take a little longer to release, apparently.
Thanks for the info! I was wondering why I couldn't find it on there this morning
If you can't fine CoMaps at all, F-Droid has the anti feature "tethered network services" hidden by default. CoMaps is intending to remedy the anti feature
open standards
bluesky
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Which one can completely ignore since Mastodon covers that format and is higher on the list. Besides Bluesky is open-source and has third-party apps.
I mean, whether or not they're decentralised, they are on an open standard.
Hey, they did list Mastodon first.
I switched from Google Maps to Organic Maps after trying a bunch of alternatives, didn't know about CoMaps then; but since I learned this is a fork of my favourite big tech alternative i've been postponing installing this. Seems like there are a lot of people positive about it here, so couldn't postpone any longer. It's installing as we speak.
If you like Organic Maps, you’ll love CoMaps, and the righteous indignation you have every time you use it if you place their icons side by side or make a donation.
(Organic Maps was promising, but has made shady and unilateral decisions without community input or even notification).
I still don't get what the functional advantage of comaps would be. Organic maps is pretty good already.
Organic maps has become shady just during the time when the Russia has started using different ways of forcing Russians abroad into spying for the Russia. Organic Maps is not maintained by Russians, but it is being maintained by Belarusians, and the Russia has been pressing the same things in Belarus as well.
It is a bit scary that a program that knows your location by GPS is doing shady things, if it's maintained by people who are reasonably likely to deliver some data to Lukashenka and Putin. The timing of them turning shady is very suspicious. It might be there's nothing really bad about OrganicMaps, but I cannot know. I know people who the Russia might be interested in pressuring, so my location could also be of interest for them. Since there's nothing where Comaps is worse than Organic Maps, I preferred to make the switch. That way, I don't need to consider the possibility that my maps program might be leaking my data to the most sinister people on this planet.
If you get a threat that your family might end up in a very uncomfortable prison for the rest of their lives, in a country where torture is commonplace in prisons, you might very well agree to throw unknown foreign people under the bus. One's own children and parents can easily be more important for someone than I am. And people can do a LOT to protect their loved ones.
The functional advantage is not supporting shady practices. We ditch Google Maps to avoid Google, so why go to another shady organization
(Organic Maps was promising, but has made shady and unilateral decisions without community input or even notification).
Could you elaborate on this?
I've recently gone back to using osmand~. CoMaps doesn't support GPX navigation (can only display the track), which is really important for preplanned cycle tours. And I don't drive enough with a car to gauge the navigation there.
Still a great project, it just doesn't fit my personal needs at all.
I just downloaded it to try it out. I'm missing the options Google Maps gives for routes though. The map app doesn't always know best, so it's better to give a few options imo.
For public transport i prefer to use HERE, which is owned by a bunch of car companies i believe. Might also be good for navigation by car i wouldn't know. But although i havent found a big difference between Comaps and Organic Maps i'm inclined to continue using it.
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Congratulations!
And then there are complete opposites who only communicate via Discord and Github
I know Lemmy's the main "format", but I wish Mbin was included in stuff like this. Maybe for apps it's redundant and pointless?
And Piefed too! But yeah, it makes sense to only show the software that your instance actually use, in case users have a software compatible with Lemmy and not Mbin and vice-versa (i think Lemmy, Mbin and Piefed are completely compatible, but that could be the case with future software options!)
Piefed is in the image! Edit: nevermind I misread pixelfed!
I’m eagerly waiting for CarPlay support so I can fully switch over. That’s the only reason I still have organic maps.
Where's XMPP ?