Some friends of mine have a Google map going where they pin locations of interest (restaurants, etc).
I was wondering if anyone knew of a non-Google project that might allow for something similar? The goal would be to have a shareable map that a group of invited/ allowed users could add locations and possibly notes to.
The best option is probably using a geo: URL. This should open in all devices in their favourite mapping application. Example. If you want to link to a specific store or similar beyond just a location you can add a “query” which some apps will use to highlight that. Example.
Another decent option is Plus Codes. These are a bit shorter and easier to manage but lack a URL format as far as I can tell. MJ75+P3 Toronto, Ontario.
You can also just link to an alternative service such as Open Street Maps. This avoids Google but still imposes a particular service on others.
You can just share links to maps, OpenStreetMaps has a bunch of different mobile apps, for example, Organic Maps is a good one. Links to OSM look like this: https://osm.org/go/zrfyVQn8--?node=164979149
+1 for Organic Maps. Just back from a road trip, used OSM via a browser, this is much better.
Offline capabilities is the killer feature for me. I don’t have much bandwidth on my mobile data plan, being able to access maps without internet connection is incredibly good.
Organic Maps (the app) lets you download maps of various areas ahead of time
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umap on french servers, and umap is between other things an API on top of open streetmap…
Is that correct?
seems like it
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framasoft is an organization that’s proposing alternatives to google “services” ☞ https://degooglisons-internet.org/en/
I believe NextCloud has this ability
