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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Great, another alternative to check out

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

It's by far my favourite service for hiking maps, can highly recommend! For car navigation it's definitely behind google, but they're making progress

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I gave it a shot but without public transport navigation it's pretty useless for me. Also I don't enjoy being bugged to create an account or pay 19โ‚ฌ for a "premium user badge" just to make that "please give us money" button go away that's permanently covering part of the map.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can try HereWeGo Maps if you want live traffic information and public transport. The company behind HereWeGo is dutch

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

That looks much better, thanks!

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Be aware that Mapy is made by Seznam, which is basically the Czech equivalent of Google, including the ads and privacy concerns.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Amazing. They are the best app for hiking (Komoot might be nice for planning, but nobody has the paths mapped so well - middle of nowhere, north of Sweden, Georgia, Mauritius, everywhere ti had silly small paths mapped for me).

I hope they can also be an option in the city. I don't drive, but I need to check their public transport coverage, and accuracy of opening hours ^โ€ฟ^

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Honestly, most of their data outside of Czechia is just OpenStreetMaps, so you could use many other apps that are actually opensource: OsmAnd, Organic Maps, etc.

[โ€“] oxf 3 points 2 months ago

OsmAnd has never let med down. It was my go-to map for hiking, even before the carrot king deckded to fuck up relations with Europe.

You can get the premium app from F-Droid. Just remember to donate to the developers if you like it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The thing for me about mapy is not that they have fantastic database but layout of their maps - it's one of a few easily readable maps out there and unfortunately, especially for biking/trekking. I've tried alternatives but they're miserable most of the time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Oh, I didn't know about it! Thanks!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Is there an OSM based system with live traffic data?

I'm aware of OSMand / Organic Maps and contribute via StreetComplete, but it's just the live status I need.

Completely understand that would need opt-in tracking and a datacenter somewhere, so, happy to pay towards that upkeep...

Does such a thing exist?