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CoMaps @ #DIDay (sopuli.xyz)
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Since the #39c3 in December, every first Sunday of the month has been a "Digital Independence Day" for trying out alternatives to dominant/big tech platforms.

If you're looking to explore alternatives to Google or Apple Maps, why not give CoMaps – or any of the other open source map-applications that are based on data from #OpenStreetMap – a try!

You can learn more about the #DIDay here: https://edri.org/our-work/didit-edri-members-spark-movement-for-alternatives-to-big-tech/

#DIDit

a sharepic showing a black and white photo of a broken chain, with the text comaps @ #didit digital independence day overlayed next to a colorful CoMaps screenshots showing robben island (one of the locations suggested in a former social media campaign for places that would make good screenshots)
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[–] 1 point 8 months ago

In a perfect world, you'd have both.

First, instant streaming as you browse the map while internet connected, so you don't deal with delays, don't have to wait for the map to download before you can do anything with it. And while doing that, also download offline maps in the background, without interrupting the user.

But, yeah, I can definitely see why a open source project with limited resources wouldn't be able to make streaming available.

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