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Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. users (www.ctvnews.ca)
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[–] teolan@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

OSM is not really a map app, it's a collaborative geo database. You can build apps of top of it, there are many many such apps. The https://openstreetmap.org/ website isn't really a map app and is mainly tailored for the needs of OSM contributors and editors.

CoMaps is a map app that uses OSM data, and packages it in a nice, offline-first, private, and Open Source app that is quite good and easy to use.

https://cartes.app/ is another app that uses OSM data, but works closer to your regular maps, being online-first, which has its pros and cons. Still quite private and Open Source though.

[–] godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I should've been more specific, my fault 😅 OSMAnd vs CoMaps lol, my fault

[–] teolan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

OSMAnd is really good, but it's pretty slow with a clunky interface and an unpleasant theme. CoMaps has a very streamlined UI, a pleasant theme and very good performance.

I still keep both since OSM is more feature rich especially for elevation (important when cycling), but for day to day use CoMaps is the one I use.

Both are fully Open Source and use OSM data so I'm not worried much about them going to shit, though I'm under the impression CoMaps is non-profit more community built, while OSMAnd is a for small for-profit with still a community behind.