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CoMaps

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Cooperative community open-source fork of Organic Maps, an offline privacy-respecting not-for-profit OpenStreetMap GPS app for your phone.

founded 8 months ago

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New release 2025.10.16 is available! (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago by CoMaps@sopuli.xyz to c/CoMaps@sopuli.xyz

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Highlights

Routing option to avoid steps
Improved first map download experience
Improved fields available in editor following type objects
Android: Improved visibility and UI of instructions in navigation
Map: Bus station specific icons

Full List https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/releases/tag/v2025.10.16-1

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[–] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm new to CoMaps, been using Organic Maps for a while. What's so special about CoMaps?

[–] GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Do you want the short answer, or a longer history?

But basically, Organic:

Is governed by a for-profit company
Lacks transparency
Added affiliate links to locations on the map

And since the fork, CoMaps have been moving swiftly in adding features as seen here. I don't know what's been happening to Organic, as I've stopped following them.

[–] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Thank you.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

CoMaps was founded in 2025 by former Organic Maps contributors. The Organic Maps codebase was forked due to concerns about the project's governance, transparency, and the potential for shareholder profit at the expense of the community. The CoMaps project was created, focusing on privacy, performance and community.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/CoMaps

Open Letter to Organic Maps Shareholders https://www.comaps.app/news/2025-04-16/1/

[–] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Shift to non profit is wild. I don't always agree with a change out of pure governance, but in this case it was affecting the software, so I think of it as a good move.

Also the logo fucking SUUUUCKED.