• florge@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    Magic Earth is pretty good for navigation. But yeah OSM is pretty lacking in info about places, whenever I can I try to add details.

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      2 months ago

      This is simply because

      1. Google has an OS
      2. The OS has the map app preinstalled
      3. Everyone has an account
      4. You are nagged to add info about POIs afaik, even by shop owners

      Meanwhile OSM has nothing. OpenPlaceReviews is confusing as heck. There is no centrally available image host (and you cant just upload insane amounts of data like videos of everything, like on Google).

      Things that could lift OSMAnd (which is more poweful but also more confusing and slower than OM) to those standards:

      1. “Just upload a photo” to some host.
      2. A review system that works
      3. API integration for public transport services like DB. Those already do navigation really well, but no routing directions etc.