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CoMaps

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Cooperative community open-source fork of Organic Maps.

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Name Ideas (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Please comment with your name ideas.

One name per comment.

Top level comments should just be the name. You can put reasons and discuss each idea in the comments below each suggestion.

And vote on what you like!

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[โ€“] merde 2 points 6 days ago

Map Again

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Less Maps
Aero Maps
Navigram
Mapverse
Mappin
MapX

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My first instinct is "Here We Go Again" but I think there's an existing map company that would take exception to that.

@CubeOfCheese

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I'm not sure what you mean by that

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Kingfisher Maps

Edit: typo

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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Keep CoMaps.

I like this name: it's cute, short and memorable. I also like that 'co-' can have multiple meanings (cooperation, coexisting, community, carbon monoxyde).

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A quick search for comaps shows a couple different projects already using that name. comaps.de is some kind of map visualization. Using the comaps name could lead to some confusion.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

When you search for "Gentoo", you sometimes get results for a real estate company with the same name. Name collisions are nothing to fear about, unless the name is a registeted trademark in multiple countries.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cartogrity (Cartography + Community)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Delta Maps (like the fork in the river)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Lief Maps

  • after explorer Lief Erickson
[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Alternate spelling of Leaf Maps as well (since most people will mis-hear and type the English word rather than the name) and maybe a leafy Lief is the mascot ;)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

CoCoMaps (community + collaboration)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Common Maps

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Like Cuppa for a cup of tea

Mappa is also italian for map. People of saints, poets and navigators, says the saying

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Edited the original comment to comply with the rules. Cut 'n' paste of reasoning:

It's the Latin word for map, at least according to Google, and there doesn't appear to be any similar entities using the name, just a Japanese animation studio.

It also rolls nicely off the tongue. "Have you checked on Mappa?"

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

In keeping with the "organic" theme, my submission is:

Free Range Maps

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Community Maps (spelled out)

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Unfortunately there seems to be existing software / websites with this name.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Reasoning:

  • Plaid patterns kinda look like a city street grid.

  • Plaid clothing/flannels is often worn by and associated with people who would buy organic, or are 'earthy' (see: Vermont Flannel)

  • This interesting thread.

Potential cons:

Could be confused with the Plaid Bank Linking App.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I like this a lot. My only fear is that Fintech suing the project. Not that it would have merit - completely different industries, after all - but just proving that could kill the project or force another name change.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Orgasmic Maps

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

~~Social Street Maps~~

I feel like it should be something that rolls off the tongue. Something easy to search and not awkward to recommend irl. Sucks because Organic Maps was pretty good in both those cases

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Some of these are existing, can you split out your favorites into top-level comments and upvote those that already exist?

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