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[โ€“] Kjell@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

The maps based on OpenStreetMap, for example Organic map and Co map, are better for paths when biking and hiking.

[โ€“] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes, but for driving (by a gigantic margin used way more than hiking, biking, and walking) organic maps/comaps is quite shit. In Belgium, I absolutely cannot trust it to get me to a destination I am unfamiliar with because of the policy of openstreetmaps of updating extremely infrequently and encouraging contributors not to report any road closures that last less than 6 months or whatever.

Not to mention that it doesn't take reported road condition into account when routing so it will send you on tiny cobblestone roads where you have to drive 30 instead of 50 to save 10 seconds theoretically by going to a main road and continually route you via u-turns back to that tiny shitty road instead of choosing a better route when you pass it.

Even without any traffic data (so you never know approximately when you will arrive), it very often just not get you where you need to go. It is like using a GPS from 2005.

[โ€“] Kjell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Yes, but for driving (by a gigantic margin used way more than hiking, biking, and walking) organic maps/comaps is quite shit. In Belgium, I absolutely cannot trust it to get me to a destination I am unfamiliar with because of the policy of openstreetmaps of updating extremely infrequently and encouraging contributors not to report any road closures that last less than 6 months or whatever.

Ok, when a road near me got rebuilt it showed up on Co maps before Google map. But it is only one occasion and Google map probably works even better in Belgium.

Not to mention that it doesnโ€™t take reported road condition into account when routing so it will send you on tiny cobblestone roads where you have to drive 30 instead of 50 to save 10 seconds theoretically by going to a main road and continually route you via u-turns back to that tiny shitty road instead of choosing a better route when you pass it.

Even without any traffic data (so you never know approximately when you will arrive), it very often just not get you where you need to go. It is like using a GPS from 2005.

And another drawback for all maps based on OpenStreetMap is if you take the wrong turn and it needs to find a new route. For me, the OpenStreetMap navigation is not important since I use my car's built in navigation for that. So I have not experienced how it works.

[โ€“] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

They're fully adequate for that, I just wish it had business info and all those pics as well. Someone should pirate Google maps.

[โ€“] Kjell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

When comparing to Google maps I would say that they are better, not only adequate. In my experience they show much more trails than Google. But yeah for other cases Google map is better.