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    5 months ago

    Organic Maps are great, however if you’re looking for shops and restaurants (or rather their reviews) Google Maps are second to none.

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      4 months ago

      OSM can technically replace Gmaps for shops and restaurants if enough people were using and updating it.

      However, Gmaps in unbeatable for public transportation :( no alternative at all

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        In Europe you can usually download an app for the public transit in that specific country/city. However, Google Maps is the only one that will show you how to get to a specific address (not just the train/bus station).

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        Oh, I’m well aware of that, but there are so few cities that have been mapped to the degree to compete with gmaps, that I doubt we ever will reach that level.

        Also reviews. I’m not sure if there even is a way to fix that without creating a separate program with a separate ecosystem in the process…

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          Unfortunately the reviews at GMaps are becoming less and less reliable though, as many businesses begin to have bad reviews removed through lawyers.

          I’ve had it happen to a couple of mine, where Google forwarded the request of a law firm to prove I had actually been at a restaurant more than 5 years ago (where I reviewed it with 3*).

          Even if you can prove it, most people won’t and in that case the restaurant went from 3.8 stars to 4.6, which is a shame really. It confirms a hunch that just as with Amazon the reviews get a lot less reliable.

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          Ooh, nice. Thanks for making me discover it! I would have liked a FOSS alternative, but this is pretty good.

          Edit: argh, it’s nice for local urban commute, but it doesn’t work outside or between big cities :(

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        In Europe at least I had some minor functionality with OSMAnd… but Google beats it out no contest, in terms of speed, accuracy, and being up-to-date… which is depressing but that’s the reality.

        it’s the only reason I haven’t stopped using Maps

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          It’s like the map from an angle without a specific destination. Helpful for showing the surrounding map area.

          If you’ve driven a car with a built in map display, it’s basically that but for your phone.