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Alternative to Google Maps for sharing (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by root@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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

[–] nickb333@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

+1 for Organic Maps. Just back from a road trip, used OSM via a browser, this is much better.

[–] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Organic Maps (the app) lets you download maps of various areas ahead of time

[–] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Yea, I know. Fucked up my wording a bit while trying to explain why I'm using the app.