Tried it. Still a ways to go.
this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2024
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Please elaborate which improvements are needed.
I use Organic Maps and OsmAnd. There are two things both suck at compared to Google Maps. First one is search. They are really bad at quickly finding local addresses. Maps whittles it down to local first which fits my use cases better. And the second one is POI data, like businesses and their info. For other POI it's fine, but I usually am looking for local shops and their opening times and open source apps just don't have that data.
So add the opening hours data yourself. I am proud to say that I spent 6 hours mapping every store in the largest shopping center in my city.
I usually am looking for local shops and their opening times and open source apps just don't have that data.
I have been adding more business details to osm so this becomes less of a problem.
I do that too here. But it's still a far cry from Google's massive trove of data. I've been thinking about crawling some chain stores for opening times and adding them automatically. But I don't know what OSM's policy is on that.
I’m pretty sure you’re allowed to go on the websites of businesses and add their information in that way.
While it's a conspiracy theory I would happily subscribe to, 1.1M is peanuts for G**gle. (plus that number is all time downloads on G**gle Play, not exactly active users, much less exclusive users (not hatin' tho, been using OM myself (from F-Droid tho)))
1.1M is peanuts for G**gle.
Growing competition is still threat.