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Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app (www.engadget.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

A little confused, is this basically the same thing as Open Street Maps, just in app form?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago*

    Yep it uses a selection of the most important data from OSM because the entire thing would be too huge to keep on your phone. You download the map in sections so region/city based but you can also just get an entire country which will be a few GB.

    It can import/export bookmarks and record and import gpx tracks. Has TTS support and you can even edit things (like opening hours and stuff) if you have an OSM account.

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