I used to add photos to Google Maps. As I grew up, I feel that I dont want to support us corporation.

Which alternative is the most popular in your country? In Poland I use mapy.com, and I add ratings, photos of the places. Is there any better platform? What do you use in France, Germany, Italy etc?

  • lietuva@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    i use osmand when im doing bike rides and hikes. If i see that some paths are missing, I record my track, upload to openstreetmaps and use that data to draw new paths on the laptop. Stuff like Strava, komoot uses osm data. Using StreetComplete or SCEE is also fun

  • gumdrop@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    I’ve been searching for a good google maps alternative for a while now and I think I’ve found it in mapy.com, the same one you mention! So far I’m liking it and making small contributions here and there with photos of the local storefronts of the shops that I visit

    edit: Does anyone know if I add a business to mapy.com, does it automatically get added to OSM?

    • CactusEcho@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      Well if you put it in OSM it will appear on mapy. The other way around i don’t think it will work.

      Mapy is very cool, but it’s still proprietary.

    • Europellinore@europe.pubEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Adding a business to Mapy, doesn’t add it to OSM. The other way around it usually does (usually with a lag of a few days to weeks)

  • Europellinore@europe.pubEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    Reviews and pictures can be added in Mapy (https://mapy.com/), an OSM based map provider from Czech Republic. Quite useful as an alternative for google maps imho. Has pics, reviews, favourite lists, etc.

    For updating / checking shops, companies, etc, the Every Door app is useful too.

    Also Go Map!! for map improvements in general.

    (All of them OpenStreetMap)