Google totally sucks!
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Quit Google Maps and switched to Mapquest today. Also experimenting with OsmAnd. We have options. We don't need to support fascist enablers.
Oh look, Mapquest also still has the correct name for the Gulf of Mexico...
@mastodonmigration So does @openstreetmap whose data I recommend using within @CoMaps :)
Just to understand. The alternatives are Mapquest which is online like Evil Maps, but some say the data is kind of stale. Then there is OsmAnd and CoMaps which use OpenStreetMaps data, and they are offline maps where you download the area, so no traffic info. Is this correct?
@mastodonmigration @scott @openstreetmap @CoMaps CoMaps and OsmAnd are offline maps, yes. (See also https://cartes.app and https://mapcomplete.org for some online OSM-based maps.) But it’s totally possible for offline maps to have traffic data (which will only work while the device is online) - I believe CoMaps has traffic data support for some parts of the world.
@contrapunctus @openstreetmap @CoMaps @scott
Thank you. Looking forward to trying CoMaps
@mastodonmigration I've been using Organic Maps to full satisfaction 😉
Mapquest: We haven't updated our maps since 2007, and we're not about to start now!
@mastodonmigration OsmAnd and CoMaps are great because you get all the updates from #OpenStreetMap contributors like me!
@mastodonmigration Also hope people will switch from Chrome and Google search to DuckDuckGo
@mastodonmigration App store reviews of MapQuest aren't great. How are you finding it?
From Playstore. Isn't that interesting that Google Playstore reviews are bad for a major competitor to one if Google's flagship products. 🤷
Seems to work fine.
@mastodonmigration
LOL!
Doing a desktop search on Google Maps shows:
"Lake America Smallest of the 5 Great Lakes"
Poor Don The Con, everything associated with him is... small. 😩
Well, except the crimes & corruption. 💥
@mastodonmigration UK here - search on google maps for Lake America and same for Lake Ontario - here's the results, lol!
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@mastodonmigration abandoned google maps (and from there also the whole google ecosystem) from the times of the "Gulf of America"
@mastodonmigration What are good alternatives to Google Maps on Android? Google Maps has had lots of issues lately including political stuff and constantly trying to send me through closed roads with alternative routes also trying to go through closed roads.
Also Google Maps constantly tries to get me to drive on bike and hiking paths and support hasnt done anything despite me making complaints.
@labertaschecn @mastodonmigration
CoMaps
OrganicMaps
OsmAnd
Thanks. Going to try switching to OsmAnd for a few days and see how it goes.
@mastodonmigration From HOMES to SHAME
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Also where the hell is Toronto?
@mastodonmigration It does not bode well for humanity that all it took to go from "Don't be evil" to "We would like to be considered for the Evilest Company In The World Award" was a bunch of money.
