map apps solve the first by using outside satellite imagery services. but it has bus/tram line data, so if the app supports it then it should work. not comaps but osmand supports it
yeah, osm does not have schedule data, but it wouldn’t be feasible to keep that info in osm, because it changes constantly.
instead bus schedules are supposed to be in GTFS datasets, normally published by the transport company. there are already services like transitous and motis, that aggregate and sanitize these sources for consumption by apps. comaps has plens for adding support, but it’s going slowly.
Europe has relatively good coverage with these services, but as I see it the end user apps are still not ready. also, transport providers often don’t publish realtime data, even if they are collecting it for themselves.
till that happens, personally I use a local transportation app I got from the play store ages ago, but has little data mining as I see it. it works with regularly updated offline databases, so my queries and location don’t get uploaded anywhere
Is there a good alternative for maps?
CoMaps fulfills most of my needs
No, everything I have tried is worse in significant ways. Let me know if you find a genuine alternative.
Comaps is actually not bad. It’s limited in info to what’s on OSM, but good news is you can help by updating the spots you frequent!
Doesn’t have satellite view or bus/tram navigation
It also plans routes longer than Google maps, and 90% of the places you want to go don’t come up in search.
map apps solve the first by using outside satellite imagery services. but it has bus/tram line data, so if the app supports it then it should work. not comaps but osmand supports it
Osmand seems more promising but you can only search for public transport leaving right now, not in two hours or the next day
yeah, osm does not have schedule data, but it wouldn’t be feasible to keep that info in osm, because it changes constantly.
instead bus schedules are supposed to be in GTFS datasets, normally published by the transport company. there are already services like transitous and motis, that aggregate and sanitize these sources for consumption by apps. comaps has plens for adding support, but it’s going slowly.
https://transitous.org/
https://github.com/motis-project/motis
Europe has relatively good coverage with these services, but as I see it the end user apps are still not ready. also, transport providers often don’t publish realtime data, even if they are collecting it for themselves.
Thanks for the info. I hope someday it gets good enough that I don’t have to feel like I’m making sacrifices when switching over
till that happens, personally I use a local transportation app I got from the play store ages ago, but has little data mining as I see it. it works with regularly updated offline databases, so my queries and location don’t get uploaded anywhere
HERE WeGo (aka HERE Maps) is not FOSS, but has traffic, satellite view, offline mode, etc. Some POI might be outdated (due to it being not Google)
Here is trash and not open