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Magic Earth is an alternative to Waze and Google Maps with crowdsourced traffic and road hazard information (social.goodanser.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by zak@social.goodanser.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Magic Earth is an alternative to Waze and Google Maps with crowdsourced traffic and road hazard information

As part of a #BigTechDiet, I've been hoping to find an alternative to #Waze and #Google Maps - a navigation app that can tell me about slowdowns, hazards, and speed traps based on reports from other users. Today, I learned about Magic Earth.

It's proprietary, but not from FAANG or a company subject to the government of China, Russia, or Five Eyes countries. It collects minimal user data and has a good privacy policy. There are versions for both Android and iOS, and the Android version works without Google services.

https://www.magicearth.com/

#navigation #maps #Android #IOS #AndroidApp #IOSApp @technology

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[–] nodsocket@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just use OSMAnd for navigation. It's open source and has tons of features.

[–] zak@social.goodanser.com 6 points 1 year ago

@nodsocket I've used it. Organic Maps as well.They're great apps and I really appreciate their ability to work entirely offline.

They don't have real-time traffic information, road hazards, and speed traps. It's nice having an option that does without being from FAANG.