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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app

www.engadget.com

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Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app

www.engadget.com

return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Apple is reportedly planning an ad push for its Maps app. This follows Google Maps and Yelp.
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    2 days ago

    Comaps is available for iphones :3

    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/comaps/id6747180809

    also for others:

    https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.comaps.fdroid/

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.comaps.google

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      10 hours ago

      I’ve looked at apps like these and weirdly it’s just map you can search through. There’s no turn by turn directions.

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        9 hours ago

        It very much has routing, route saving, turn by turn instructions, voice instructions and more. Idk what you mean.

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          I couldn’t get it to work. Is it only in Europe that works?

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            I dont use apple devices so i cant test it, but i thought it would be identical to the android experience.

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              I tried 4 of these damn things over the past few days 2 were ad filled nonsense. This looks like a reskin of something else I tried. It doesn’t have turn by turn.

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                Are you sure you are using the app that i linked to? Because you can clearly see in the screenshots on the app store that it has turn by turn instructions.

                Comaps is a fork of organic maps but neither has ads and they are basically identical feature wise.

                Turn by turn only works when you have location turned on of course.

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                  Okay don’t turns out I had to download the maps first and then it kinda works. Voice selection isn’t working right but will likely be fixed eventually. I just need to get used to it. Thanks.

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                    Ah yeah i didnt think of that, my bad i guess thats not obvious coming from normal map apps. Yes its intended to be completely offline capable for privacy and so you can go hiking in the middle of nowhere.

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      A little confused, is this basically the same thing as Open Street Maps, just in app form?

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        They use OSM as source for maps, yes.

        Not sure how much they add, aside from offline functionality.

        Other apps add extra data sources.

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        Yep it uses a selection of the most important data from OSM because the entire thing would be too huge to keep on your phone. You download the map in sections so region/city based but you can also just get an entire country which will be a few GB.

        It can import/export bookmarks and record and import gpx tracks. Has TTS support and you can even edit things (like opening hours and stuff) if you have an OSM account.

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