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Vela Maps? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by thermogel@lemmy.ml to c/CoMaps@sopuli.xyz

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CoMaps has been my main map for a while now after using Organic Maps, and traffic calculation has alwsys been a downside of open source projects like these.

I recently stumbled upon Vela Maps, an open source app that uses Open Street Maps, and integrates Google Maps' traffic analytics and place search "anonymously" (logged out browser queries). Not degoogled, but a nice option. How do they do this? What does the CoMaps community think?

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

some people on lemmy were posting about magic earth https://www.magicearth.com/

it's not FOSS but it uses OSM.
we tried it for about a year. Navigation is better but we didn't need "traffic calculation". I'm sure others who are still on it would have better feedback about it.

It may be your degoogled solution 🤷

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[–] thermogel@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 2 weeks ago

when i tried magic earth i was under the impression that traffic analytics didn't work, I assume because almost nobody uses this app, it cant calculate from no data.

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[–] thesupertechie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

IMO Magic Earth got worse once they went down the subscription train. A subscription for a basic feature like CarPlay? No thanks!

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[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

I used to use magic earth but i switched for some reason -- maybe they moved live traffic behind a subscription? I can't remember.

Anyway, Here We Go is free and has live traffic

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