First time trying out CoMaps for navigation was getting a route from home to here via a couple of set waypoints so that I won't ride the same route I usually do. Worked great, me and my Vespa got to enjoy some new roads and sights 👍

I now have two folders for waypoints: Places for the actual places I go to, and Inbetweens to get the routes that I want.

[–] match@pawb.social 4 points 1 week ago

I've added a few local cafes and used comaps to find better bike routes to them :3

[–] crozilla@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have found a bunch of restaurants listed in my area that Google Maps never shows. Just that might be enough to make me switch.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I have the opposite problem - so far it's failed to find a single place I searched up, either residential or commercial. I had the same problem with OrganicMaps too, so I think it's the OSM dataset. I'm happy to help, so I add the places once I find them in Google Maps, but I'd rather not need to keep switching back and forth!

[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You can add the places with CoMaps, so others may won't have the same experience as you. All places on OSM were added by other users, they don't appear automagically. It's a chicken egg problem, you can help break: restaurants don't put themself on osm because they don't know it exist, they don't know because few people use it, few people use it because restaurants isnt there.

Here you can read how you can add places with CoMaps: https://www.comaps.app/support/editing-with-CoMaps/

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I do! (With street complete), but I thought i would share my contrasting experience.

[–] Tundra@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Im glad this feature exists within comaps, but Ive personally found street complete to be a bit more intuitive for updating the dataset

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

I do as well.

[–] astro_ray@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think it is best if you do not add stuff in osm from Google.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what you mean.

If I search for an address or a business in CoMaps but don't find it, I switch to Google Maps because I need to get there somehow! Once I've gotten there, I add the location in StreetComplete or CoMaps.

[–] astro_ray@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have seen a lot of contributors who directly copy data from Google maps without verifying it. Which causes a lot of trouble for osm. From the wording I thought you were doing the same. My bad.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

I see what you mean. Copying the possibly outdated store hours from Google. Yeah, I start from scratch every time.

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

Hi Oleg, do you happen to know if there's any way to turn off the complaint pop-up when I don't have location on? I only turn it on when I need it, and it's frustrating to have to keep dismissing that message when I just what to see if there's a Mexican restaurant in the area or where a store is.

[–] oleg_rswll@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe it’s happening every time the app loses the privilege, it’s possible that selecting Ask Me Every Time causes it to gain and then lose the privilege and resets the popup. Try unchecking it. For further assistance we can help at support@comaps.app

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have it set in the app permissions to "Allow only while using the app". My other options are "Ask every time" and "Don't allow".

Changing it to "Ask every time" and then immediately back to "Allow only while using the app" seems to have worked. It's not bothering me with the pop-up after the first time. I'll email if it comes back and I can reproduce it.

Thanks!

Pixel 6 Pro on Android 16 build BP2A.250605.031.A2

[–] oleg_rswll@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Great to hear that resolved it!

[–] Tundra@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

agreed! having the location icon slightly pulse as an alternative - or have the warning come up only when you plan a route would be preferable

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Both sound like good options.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

I havent used it for anything because the GPS doesn't work for some reason...

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I want to love it. But it does not work in nowhere ville US..

[–] oleg_rswll@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

CoMaps operates offline, so it does not need cellular service to work.

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

I'd assume the complaint might be more about available osm data about nowhereville.