• kabi@lemm.ee
    1·
    11 days ago

    While it’s a conspiracy theory I would happily subscribe to, 1.1M is peanuts for G**gle. (plus that number is all time downloads on G**gle Play, not exactly active users, much less exclusive users (not hatin’ tho, been using OM myself (from F-Droid tho)))

      • ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world
        2·
        4 days ago

        It was missing many points of interest, restaurants, locations, etc, even though the roads were accounted for. Definitely not ready for prime time until more spots get added. I don’t need the reviews and photos. Just up the database of locations.

      • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        11 days ago

        I use Organic Maps and OsmAnd. There are two things both suck at compared to Google Maps. First one is search. They are really bad at quickly finding local addresses. Maps whittles it down to local first which fits my use cases better. And the second one is POI data, like businesses and their info. For other POI it’s fine, but I usually am looking for local shops and their opening times and open source apps just don’t have that data.

        • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPEnglish
          1·
          11 days ago

          I usually am looking for local shops and their opening times and open source apps just don’t have that data.

          I have been adding more business details to osm so this becomes less of a problem.

          • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de
            1·
            11 days ago

            I do that too here. But it’s still a far cry from Google’s massive trove of data. I’ve been thinking about crawling some chain stores for opening times and adding them automatically. But I don’t know what OSM’s policy is on that.