Email or username:

Password:

Forgot your password?
All posts Organic's posts Back to profile
73 posts total
Organic Maps
Organic Maps
mmcm
13 May at 11:42 on post TIL that @organicmaps has a (very WIP, but still) desktop app, and so now I can produce side-by-side...

Note also that I as a user can (and do) use this map as a note-taking device: every time I find a shop that I'd like to re-visit, I make sure I have them on the map, incl opening hours and other contacts. @streetcomplete and @everydoor are great tools for this, but @organicmaps also allows doing this straight from the app! 😍

This way, every time I write some of this down for my own use, everyone can profit from it.

16 May at 15:08 | Open on fosstodon.org
Organic Maps
mmcm
13 May at 11:40 on post TIL that @organicmaps has a (very WIP, but still) desktop app, and so now I can produce side-by-side...

@organicmaps note that google returned only SIX results here. Out of which one is out of business and one is a duplicate. Which leaves us with four.

@organicmaps returned ~25 results, and while not all of them are strictly-speaking cafés, most of them would be fine to sit down for a coffee, or have an obvious relation like having "Café" in the name.

It's insane that google even fails to find shops like "Columbus Café" which is a french competitor to Starbucks, and which they *do* know about.
16 May at 15:08 | Open on fosstodon.org
mmcm

Note also that I as a user can (and do) use this map as a note-taking device: every time I find a shop that I'd like to re-visit, I make sure I have them on the map, incl opening hours and other contacts. @streetcomplete and @everydoor are great tools for this, but @organicmaps also allows doing this straight from the app! 😍

This way, every time I write some of this down for my own use, everyone can profit from it.

13 May at 11:42 | Open on mastodon.social
Organic Maps
mmcm
13 May at 11:34

TIL that @organicmaps has a (very WIP, but still) desktop app, and so now I can produce side-by-side comparisons. Voilà the query for "café" in #Toulon

Note also how the information is shown much more explicitly on the OrganicMaps view. The google map only becomes useful to #bike / #pedestrian once you zoom all the way in. Somehow their designers seem to be afraid of contrast or sth. 🤷

I just love how #OSM is so much better, thanks to all involved! 🫶
16 May at 15:07 | Open on fosstodon.org
mmcm

@organicmaps note that google returned only SIX results here. Out of which one is out of business and one is a duplicate. Which leaves us with four.

@organicmaps returned ~25 results, and while not all of them are strictly-speaking cafés, most of them would be fine to sit down for a coffee, or have an obvious relation like having "Café" in the name.

It's insane that google even fails to find shops like "Columbus Café" which is a french competitor to Starbucks, and which they *do* know about.
13 May at 11:40 | Open on mastodon.social
Marcos Dione
Organic Maps
Organic Maps
Damien Cateau
11 May at 11:14

Y'a des gens qui s'étonnent que je n'utilise pas Google Maps...

À gauche, le Knie Kinderzoo chez Google, à droite chez @organicmaps

#OSM #OrganicMaps #YaPasPhoto
12 May at 8:23 | Open on fosstodon.org
Romu

@dcateau @organicmaps

Je n’aime pas #google non plus, mais la réalité est loin d’être aussi tranchée, comme souvent. Tout dépend de ce que l’on cherche, et même si j’utilise OM le plus possible, il y a des cas où GMaps est bien meilleur.

11 May at 14:03 | Open on mastodon.social
Organic Maps

Enjoy traveling, and share a video version of Organic Maps Anthem!
With your donations and support, one day everyone can seamlessly switch from Google or Apple Maps to a better open-source and privacy-friendly alternative.
organicmaps.app/donate/

5 May at 17:40 | Open on fosstodon.org
Show previous comments
Rhababerbarbar

@organicmaps

Organicmaps is just so damn smooth!

It is a shame that OSMAnd+ is so slow and bad at loading, and has a clunky UI.

OrganicMaps has way too little features for me, like custom routing, more infos, etc.

5 May at 18:45 | Open on tux.social
Otimsis

@organicmaps
Epic, a new piece of internet kultur

5 May at 18:59 | Open on mst3k.interlinked.me
Arcane

@organicmaps I really like OM and I use it all the time except when it is important to have Traffic Information. Then I switch to Magic Earth.

I know that it is not easy to get Traffic Information for OM, but maybe you can deal something with the Guys from Magic Earth. Maybe they are willing to help in any Way?
Just an Idea. 😉

5 May at 20:26 | Open on nrw.social
Organic Maps
Ilya Zverev
3 May at 6:36 on post I've submitted another application for @NGIZero grant for @everydoor. I'm at a point when working a regular...

This one came up yesterday, while preparing for @organicmaps GSoC student work.

When developing an editor, you need to work with OSM Sandbox, a dev copy of API with no data. Sometimes it's frustrating because complex data is where an editor breaks. Usually I downloaded an OSM extract in JOSM, fixed ids, and uploaded it to the Sandbox, but on the 100th time I gave up.

github.com/Zverik/osm_to_sandb

This script helps you transfer a bbox worth of data in two commands, one of which is pip install.

This one came up yesterday, while preparing for @organicmaps GSoC student work.

When developing an editor, you need to work with OSM Sandbox, a dev copy of API with no data. Sometimes it's frustrating because complex data is where an editor breaks. Usually I downloaded an OSM extract in JOSM, fixed ids, and uploaded it to the Sandbox, but on the 100th time I gave up.

5 May at 17:24 | Open on fosstodon.org
Organic Maps

@zverik Does the script also change IDs? What does "fix ids" mean? For readers' info, Organic Maps Editor doesn't store IDs and doesn't rely on them.

5 May at 17:25 | Open on fosstodon.org
Ilya Zverev

Okay I skipped three days, so here are three tweets on a big thing I did at Maps.Me. It's on the deep end of the iceberg.

In short, I was tasked with bringing subway networks to the app. Which was based on OSM data, so naturally I thought how to fix the data model: every city had its own tagging schema.

To monitor the process, I wrote the validator, which now powers @organicmaps :

cdn.organicmaps.app/subway/ind

Alexey later improved it, a lot. Now there are over 300 cities, all uniformly mapped!

Okay I skipped three days, so here are three tweets on a big thing I did at Maps.Me. It's on the deep end of the iceberg.

In short, I was tasked with bringing subway networks to the app. Which was based on OSM data, so naturally I thought how to fix the data model: every city had its own tagging schema.
6 May at 19:23 | Open on en.osm.town
Organic Maps
ArendVeelHooi
28 April at 11:36

Shoutout to the wonderful people of @organicmaps!! They make our trip to Berlin so easy 👊🚲

#cyclingtour #biketrip #berlin
28 April at 16:05 | Open on fosstodon.org
Organic Maps

@ArendAdam awesome, our team is happy to hear that )

28 April at 16:06 | Open on fosstodon.org
Organic Maps
Organic Maps
27 April at 8:58

No tracking! No crapware! No pesticides!
Organic Maps, where freedom resides!
Navigate with privacy, feel the vibe,
Community-driven, let's take the ride.

Enjoy another song about Organic Maps! organicmaps.app/news/2024-04-2

27 April at 9:28 | Open on fosstodon.org
Show previous comments
Organic Maps

No tracking! No crapware! No pesticides!
Organic Maps, where freedom resides!
Navigate with privacy, feel the vibe,
Community-driven, let's take the ride.

Enjoy another song about Organic Maps! organicmaps.app/news/2024-04-2

27 April at 8:58 | Open on fosstodon.org
Show previous comments
Organic Maps

One of our users has generated a song about Organic Maps. How does it sound to you? 😀

Beneath the twinkling stars, I stroll hand in hand,
With Organic Maps, exploring enchanted lands.
From Eiffel's gentle glow to Iceland's black sand shore,
Every step a melody, every sight, pure amore.

... more at organicmaps.app/news/2024-04-2

26 April at 10:09 | Open on fosstodon.org
Norm
tastyraspberry

@organicmaps damn didn't know that music generation tools already do lyrics and voice synthesis, this sounds uncomfortably mainstream

26 April at 10:47 | Open on mastodon.online
theBurn

@organicmaps sometimes the lyrics are a little hard to understand, but besides this the song is awesome

26 April at 15:05 | Open on mastodon.social
Organic Maps
Sheogorath 🦊
21 April at 13:03

Fun fact about @organicmaps? It can do public transport navigation with the Beijing Subway, that Google Maps can't.

The time are still very off compared to local mapping apps, but it does work and if you don't care much about having exact times for arrival, it is worth using.

Oh and if you need to buy tickets, just point people to the name of the subway station on the map, they'll manage :)

21 April at 15:44 | Open on fosstodon.org
Organic Maps
ATurnOfTheNut
21 April at 15:16 on post ...

@governa I do especially like @organicmaps as my backup mapping application, both for work and the side job. Both often involve going where there's little or no cell signal, so the ability to pre-download sections of map is HUGE. With the current #openstreetmap limitations in my area, it can't always get the fastest route, but so far always gets me there. Plus, it motivates me to get back into #osm to update the #maps and stay active.

21 April at 15:43 | Open on fosstodon.org
Organic Maps
Filipe Freire
20 April at 1:38

Super glad I stumbled upon @organicmaps and gave it a try! Not only does it do exactly what I needed, but I found the UI to be much simpler than Google Maps. Plus, open source, no ads, offline usage *and* privacy friendly? You got a lifetime user in me y'all 😂

Thanks to the team for building it! 🙌

21 April at 12:51 | Open on fosstodon.org
Organic Maps
CapitaineMoustache 🗺️⭕️
18 April at 11:06

J'ai téléchargé Manhattan dans Organic Maps pour visualiser l'effet Bâtiments 3D, ça pète !🤩

19 April at 21:16 | Open on fosstodon.org
Widowild :mastodon: :verified:

@CapitaineMoustache Tu peux completer OSM en indiquant la hauteur d’un bâtiment par exemple et à la prochaine mise à jour tu verras de la 3D.

18 April at 11:30 | Open on mastodon.xyz
Sylvain MAILLER

@CapitaineMoustache @organicmaps
En direct de Vienne, on est très bien aussi 🤩 regardez le niveau de détail de la tour !!

#Vienne #Wien #DonauTurm #OrganicMaps
@Bristow_69
18 April at 11:32 | Open on mastodon.zaclys.com
Organic Maps
Jacket

@s_mailler @CapitaineMoustache @organicmaps @Bristow_69 I'm jealous. The Montreal Olympic stadium looks like poop. I wonder if I could help for that...
19 April at 6:15 | Open on tech.lgbt
wikiyu

@s_mailler @CapitaineMoustache @organicmaps @Bristow_69

Wow it looks amazing.
Also need to visit when i will be in Australia

#LowTakeJokes

19 April at 6:21 | Open on infosec.exchange
Organic Maps

Let us announce the March/April release with updated European elevation data, and welcome new contributors! Read the detailed announcement on our website:

organicmaps.app/news/2024-04-0
7 April at 7:58 | Open on fosstodon.org
MAD7 :vegan: :it:

@organicmaps I really love what you do and I'm helping you all the times I can updating the maps and also using #KartaView and #StreetComplete 🤗🙏🏼🍀

My question is when you think it will be available the transports maps to use like on #googlemaps ? Since is the only why a lot of people, most of them, are not using #OrganicMaps 🙂

7 April at 8:04 | Open on mastodon.uno
Séverin Lemaignan

@organicmaps great news! I use a lot OM for hiking in Spain, and better isolines is a great improvement.

Wrt AndroidAuto: I've tried to use it with OM Feb/March, but OM does not show up in the AndroidAuto apps when I connect my phone to the car. Does it need to be enable somehow?

7 April at 8:36 | Open on hci.social
Petko Bordjukov 😈

@organicmaps great news, and I've already submitted some links to opendata DEM for Bulgaria.

I was wondering though, my cartography study books indicate that the digits on the isolines are to be always oriented uphill, especially in cases like @organicmaps where there's no hillshading or any way to figure out the direction of the slope. Maybe an enhancement for a future version?

Here's an example where the digits are upside down in the screenshot from your post:
8 April at 21:47 | Open on social.petko.me
Organic Maps
Bread Ninja :unverified: :sp:

@organicmaps I am so happy that this is a thing. The last place where I needed google maps was on auto :givelove:

29 March at 0:27 | Open on nosocialnet.work
Organic Maps

So true! Have you already donated? 🙏❤️🌿 donate.organicmaps.app/
26 March at 8:28 | Open on fosstodon.org
Go Up