InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agoAre there any good google maps alternatives?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square162linkfedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down10
arrow-up1253arrow-down1imageAre there any good google maps alternatives?lemmy.mlInterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square162linkfedilink
minus-squareCitrus_Cartographer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down1·4 days agoCartes is probably the closest thing that I’ve found (besides Apple Maps or Bing Maps). You can share links with anyone, and they don’t need a particular app to open it. The interface will be familiar to Google maps users. It supports leaving reviews for locations. It will pull up Wikipedia information and photos if any have been uploaded to Wikimedia or Panoramax. It’s really good for public transit routing. It’s okay for planning driving routes, but for turn by turn directions you’ll want to use CoMaps (which Cartes has a link to open up the route there).
minus-squareLinearity@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoWhy the fuck did we ever start using links for places?? We already had a decent universal system: COORDINATES!
minus-squarenameisnotimportant@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoLooks great but the lack of mobile app is a deal breaker :/
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoInteresting. I really need one that does public transit. Funny how this one has random snippets of French in the UI.
minus-squareCourant d'air 🍃@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days agoIt’s a French project, I guess it’s translated in French before English. Non-English speakers are used to seeing snippets of English in translated UIs but I understand the other way around is unusual
minus-squareiturnedintoanewt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoClearly the French have their priorities straight. Croissants clearly need to be before any meager restaurant or coffee shop.
minus-squareReallyZen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoUh-uh, nop: Croissants, then Fine Dining with exceptional wines need be before anything else.
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoI read enough French that I didn’t notice at first, but then I was like “wait that said ride for 2 arrêtes…”, and chuckled.
minus-squareNiquarl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoThey are still looking for translators if you have some time available. They are on codeberg
minus-squareWrongdoer2@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoOmg why haven’t I heard of that one before ???
minus-squareNarrativeBear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoIs this web based only or is there a android app, can’t seem to find it on any app store.
minus-squareCitrus_Cartographer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoWeb based. You can “install” the Web App, but it doesn’t seem to allow for any additional features that I can tell. For offline modes, CoMaps and OsmAnd+ are my go to.
minus-squareInterestingUsername@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoThanks it sounds really good
Cartes is probably the closest thing that I’ve found (besides Apple Maps or Bing Maps).
Why the fuck did we ever start using links for places?? We already had a decent universal system: COORDINATES!
Looks great but the lack of mobile app is a deal breaker :/
Interesting. I really need one that does public transit.
Funny how this one has random snippets of French in the UI.
It’s a French project, I guess it’s translated in French before English. Non-English speakers are used to seeing snippets of English in translated UIs but I understand the other way around is unusual
Clearly the French have their priorities straight.
Croissants clearly need to be before any meager restaurant or coffee shop.
Uh-uh, nop: Croissants, then Fine Dining with exceptional wines need be before anything else.
I read enough French that I didn’t notice at first, but then I was like “wait that said ride for 2 arrêtes…”, and chuckled.
They are still looking for translators if you have some time available. They are on codeberg
Omg why haven’t I heard of that one before ???
Is this web based only or is there a android app, can’t seem to find it on any app store.
Web based. You can “install” the Web App, but it doesn’t seem to allow for any additional features that I can tell.
For offline modes, CoMaps and OsmAnd+ are my go to.
Thanks it sounds really good