 Inspired by Google's move to remove @organicmaps from the Playstore without warning, I finally decided to move my > 3,000 Google Maps saved places to Organic Maps. To facilitate doing this for others' benefit, I made a quick webpage to convert your Google Maps GeoJSON data to GPX and KMZ files that render well in Organic Maps. https://rudokemper.github.io/google-maps-places-to-organic-maps/  107 comments
@rudo @organicmaps Amazing tool! Now I just need a way to redirect clicks on Google Maps links to open them in Organic Maps instead.  @dzso @rudo @organicmaps maybe some plugin might help?  @mohs @dzso @rudo @organicmaps I'm using Libredirect in Firefox for Reddit and stuff, but I saw it also works with Maps (which Organic Maps should be able to open).  @mohs @dzso @rudo @organicmaps that would only work if the rest of the URL remained the same. LibRedirect supports changing Google Maps URLs to OSM, which I *think* Organic Maps can open. @noodlejetski @mohs @rudo @organicmaps I wonder if there's something like LibRedirect that works with Safari. @dzso I don't use iOS or Mac but found this https://apps.apple.com/us/app/privacy-redirect/id1578144015 @noodlejetski @mohs @rudo @organicmaps   @dzso @rudo @organicmaps  @rudo @organicmaps @rudo @organicmaps they did what?? Edit : I did my research, https://fosstodon.org/@organicmaps/112976308191001762 @rudo @organicmaps Google felt threatened as Organic Maps is growing past 1% the size of Google Maps. Google wants to keep limiting map information and charging for the usage of their data base.   @rudo @organicmaps Sounds nice, but I would be reluctant to upload my exported google places to a website, since they are likely to contain my home address. I guess I will run your page from github source, locally.  @microblogc @rudo @organicmaps This stopped me too. As an aside, one of these days i will have to check how to run Github Pages locally too, sounds like something that would be good to know for cases like this.. @jherazob @microblogc @organicmaps The conversion is happening locally in your browser, there is no data being uploaded anywhere. I'll make a note to clarify that. @rudo Can you clarify what's going on with the removal of the app? I've only just found out about it but can still install it from the play store.
 @rudo @organicmaps By the way. @rudo @organicmaps When I was moving to OrganicMaps I used "export to kmz" option directly from google.com/mymaps (after collecting all my saved locations there in one map)  @rudo @organicmaps Organic Maps was removed from the Play Store? I still see it here, is it localized or did they add it back?  @rudo @organicmaps Also, it looks like gpsbabel can convert geojson. @rudo @organicmaps Very cool thanks!  There is. I oscillate between the two, as different usecases seem to work better in one or the other. @joanam @rudo @organicmaps   @rudo @organicmaps @martinsteiger @mho @nohillside @Konsumentenschutz Nutzt #google hier seine Monopolstellung aus? Was kann an einer "normalen" Landkarte anstössig sein? @rapha3l @rudo @organicmaps @martinsteiger @mho @nohillside @Konsumentenschutz Google is so evil, of course they are capable of crushing any FOSS minnows who dare to challenge the google seamonster. Even if they allow it in their poisonous marketplace, they are intolerable. Ban google. Also, offline maps can save your life if you are lost in a wilderness with no signal. @AvonVilla @rapha3l @rudo @organicmaps @martinsteiger @mho @nohillside @Konsumentenschutz @AvonVilla @organicmaps @streetcomplete @everydoor I prefere to contribute via #streetcomplete and #EveryDoor to the #OpenStreetMap than rather support a company that we never now when they change the rules... @rudo FYI it was back on the Play Store the next day: https://organicmaps.app/news/2024-08-18/good-news-organic-maps-appeared-again-in-the-google-play-store/  Somewhat ironic that you convert a free and open format coming out of Google into a proprietary Google format to be imported into Organic Maps… Is that necessary? Should we open an issue with #OrganicMaps so that GeoJSON can be imported? @nik @organicmaps somebody pointed out that Organic Maps supports importing from GPX, so I'll make that adjustment later. @rudo @organicmaps  Yep. I used Google Maps to navigate the public transit system in DC. I was surprised at how well it worked with live updates of arrival times for busses and trains. Then again Alphabet has those connections and deals to make it so. I am playing around with Organic Maps at the moment. My next step is to use it for some upcoming car trips.  @MyWoolyMastadon @jherazob @rudo @organicmaps @jdoe @MyWoolyMastadon @rudo @organicmaps Gut feeling with these kinds of problems tends to be "Something peer to peer", but i'm but a humble sysadmin so dunno how realistic that gut feeling is @jherazob @jdoe @rudo @organicmaps One cool yet spooky aspect of Google Maps is when they tell you how busy a place is due to the number of phone users at a location. I know I've backed out of visiting one restaurant over another due to what it has said.  @rudo @organicmaps Ya se sabe, que los datos que se guardan en Google Maps por parte de sus usuarios, pasa a ser propiedad de Google. Sin embargo y siempre que dichos datos sean públicos, si son guardados en @openstreetmap, pasan a ser propiedad pública, para utilizarlos en cualquier aplicación de mapas, de forma libre. @rudo @organicmaps Google maps seems to be available on Google Play. Maybe it was just a temporary removal? @rudo @organicmaps I had major problems using Organic Maps in UK since most places I tried to go to werent marked on the map or couldnt be found when searching =/ Had to revert back to google maps, unfortunately( @shved The waypoints and tracks are strictly offline in the App. So to improve the map one must edit it on OpenStreetMap or with an App like StreetComplete. It is also possible to do it in Organic Maps, albeit limited. @rudo Awesome work! Can you imagine how many people that can be useful to? This is high-impact, imho.   Grateful for your opinion on 'maps to gpx': I use this after I plan routes in a containered tab in Firefox (to quarantine the rest from google). Then copy the URL for the route, paste it in to this website, download the .gpx file and then import into OSMand or Organicmaps. I have not used it to export locations, but will have a go.  @rudo here’s a direct link to download your Google maps data since it took me a while to actually find it:  @rudo @organicmaps @SuperTibaldoBike   @jni @rudo @organicmaps@mastodon.social @organicmaps@fosstodon.org Thanks! At this point though, ~20 years later, most of my places (largely restaurants) have closed or changed ownership. In some ways they are polluting Google Maps with incorrect data; let's not do that to Organic Maps. @albertcardona @jni @organicmaps@mastodon.social @organicmaps I actually use saved places / bookmarks as a way to remember places I've been to in the past, so for me that's actually a good thing. And in Organic Maps you can show/hide bookmark lists, so they don't always need to be rendering the map unreadable :) @rudo @organicmaps > Google's move to remove @organicmaps from the Playstore without warning wtf?! @rudo@fosstodon.org @organicmaps@mastodon.social so organicmaps was too dangerous for goo_shit ?  @rudo @organicmaps and it would be GREAT if organicmaps, osmand, streetcomplete could share the openstreetmap map-data... so each app mus download and save their own map-data... many gigabytes for each app separately...
 @rudo not out of the box to find on fdroid. thanks for hinting towards organic maps! @organicmaps  @rudo @organicmaps I used Organic Maps on a recent hiking holiday in Switzerland and the ability to find toilets, drinking water, ATMs etc anywhere in the country and without internet access was invaluable @rudo @organicmaps @jnbrgr @organicmaps I think you get all of the saved lists in the same way as mentioned on the page, by requesting a download of your Google Maps data. How do you get them as CSV? That said, you can convert the CSV to KMZ or GPX too. @rudo @organicmaps @jnbrgr @organicmaps I looked at the CSV exports. This is trickier since they only contain a Google Maps URL. One would have to fetch the data (like title, coordinates) from the Google Maps API. To do that, you would have to provide an API key. Doable, but maybe easier as a script (where you provide the API key) instead of a browser-based tool.  @organicmaps @jnbrgr @organicmaps@mastodon.social cool! 🙂 Glad somebody already solved the problem for the CSVs. Would it be helpful if I contributed a Python script to convert `Saved Places.json` too?  @vladh Yeah, some other people in this thread have pointed that out too. There is a way to get other lists via Google Takeout and using this Python script (with a Google API key): https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/blob/master/tools/python/google_maps_bookmarks.py  Google has gone beyond the beyond, giving me reasons to hate them even more. Organic maps is such an important tool in a place like NYC where we have dead signal canyons and not all browsers get connection underground. i use it on my phone and desktop and wouldn't have it any other way.  @rudo ❤️  @licho it is, although it may not be possible to find OM by default: https://fosstodon.org/@organicmaps/113050148958376004   @rudo @organicmaps What?! When did google make this move?! I have been an Organic Maps user for the past year  @rudo @organicmaps wait what is google doing to organic maps? I have been recommending this to everyone in my motorcycle riding group but I don't use android. |
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#GISChat should know about this.