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Vela Maps - offline private mobile navigation that will ROUTE AROUND FLOCK CAMERAS (velamaps.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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This looks like a promising app!

There is an option to have it NEVER talk to google, it uses open street maps, it downloads flock camera locations, will alert you when they're close, and - it will route around flock cameras !

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[–] 38 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Vibe-coded as all hell.

The honest part

Vela is in beta. Things break. If you need a maps app you can bet a road trip on, keep a second one installed.

It's always this "the honest part: things can break" without the real honest part that things break because they shitted this up with Claude and have zero QA.

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    • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago

    I've been using this app for the last month and a bit and love it. I haven't tried the fully degoogled way yet by using open maps, but I'll try that another time.

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    [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Impossible to avoid Flock or Axon in my area. I knew there are a lot, but no matter how I slice it, I pass at minimum 4 on the way to work. It's only a 15 minute drive, too.

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    • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    Personally I find OSM& UI really good, especially the roundabout exit number and the right lane to keep on highway or intersections, I wonder if they can make a flock camera plugin for those that need it

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