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Posted by basilikum 1 day ago

CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps(www.comaps.app)
751 points | 191 commentspage 4
opengrass 16 hours ago|
I understand this is an Organic Maps fork without the PE rugpull.
upupupupup 22 hours ago||
perfect timing. i was using OpenStreetMap for my ios running app and I found out that there is a cap so I ended up switching to a paid solution and have been trying to build something like comaps by downloading all the tiles
habi 15 hours ago||
> I found out that there is a cap

A cap for downloading rendered tiles from osm.org? That exists, but is quite generous.

Other (free) options are https://openfreemap.org/ or https://versatiles.org/ to generate your own tiles.

pietervdvn 7 hours ago||
Don't download all the tiles, that is useless.

Look into protomaps instead. One ~100GB archive for the entire world

anyaya1 1 day ago||
How is this different from OpenStreetMaps? Or does it just use OSM as its underlying engine?
maelito 23 hours ago||
OSM is mostly a db with an old website for contributors, osm.org.
nobody42 23 hours ago||
Its a renderer. It bakes live OSM data once very few weeks.
gedankenstuecke 23 hours ago||
Since a few weeks CoMaps updates its map data roughly every week, so maps are a lot fresher now (also compared to Organic Maps :))
dopidopHN2 23 hours ago||
Great for hiking and sharing path.

So nice to be able to do that locally and just send a .gpx file

pilina 16 hours ago||
Mapy.com does that really well [0] (not affiliated). Not open source though. It uses mix of sources - OSM included - to render map (best render imo - especially the "outdoor" layer) and they are pretty large contributor to OSM in Europe. In free tier you can have one country downloaded for offline use. Sharing .gpx is no problem. Traffic data only in Central Europe.

[0]: https://mapy.com

mnicky 12 hours ago||
Traffic info is for Central Europe plus favorite vacation destinations like Croatia and Italy. I don't know how reliable though.

I agree that the outdoor layer render is probably the best there is!

therealdrag0 21 hours ago||
I tried a TON of hiking apps and this is the best free one hands down.

Being able to download maps, tap to set destination, and see elevation all for free makes it top tier.

CivBase 7 hours ago||
OSM is great as a map, but the biggest thing keeping me from switching from Google Maps to any OSM solution is the "white pages". My most common use case for a maps app is location-based search.

Having a complete and updated registry of businesses with operating hours is the bare minimum, and OSM apps already struggle with that. I also want pictures of the establishment, pictures of the menu for restaurants, and price estimates for fuel and hotels.

I understand the cost of hosting and moderating that stuff is enormous, but that's what it will take for me to finally convert.

informal007 1 day ago||
Tried today, I like the record track feature
drcongo 12 hours ago||
I would love to switch to this, but the dark map is basically unusable due to the lack of contrast.
ranger_danger 1 day ago||
Would love to see a Windows desktop version.
eric_khun 11 hours ago|
protomaps is also great for that. open source and straightforward