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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.

https://www.comaps.app/

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by CubeOfCheese@sopuli.xyz to c/CoMaps@sopuli.xyz
 

Edit: official voting now happening here: https://codeberg.org/comaps/Governance/issues/34

Please comment with your name ideas.

One name per comment.

Top level comments should just be the name. You can put reasons and discuss each idea in the comments below each suggestion.

And vote on what you like!

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[–] CyberTailor@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Keep CoMaps.

I like this name: it's cute, short and memorable. I also like that 'co-' can have multiple meanings (cooperation, coexisting, community, carbon monoxyde).

[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A quick search for comaps shows a couple different projects already using that name. comaps.de is some kind of map visualization. Using the comaps name could lead to some confusion.

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)
[–] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

I like folk maps, really gives the correct community/citizen cartography vibe

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 4 points 2 months ago

+1 Folk Maps

[–] CubeOfCheese@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Could you split it up so that it's one name per comment please? To make voting easier

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sure thing! I have the split the options into multiple comments.

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[–] Pleat1752@feddit.uk 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Pleat1752@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A play on organic meaning carbon-based (as in organic chemistry). Also I feel like it should be easy(ish) for speakers of other languages to pronounce. I may be wrong though!

[–] zyphlar@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Delta Maps (like the fork in the river)

[–] contrapunctus@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 months ago

It's not bad, but

  1. There might be too many projects named "Delta ___". (...I'm guessing. I can really only think of Delta Chat.)
  2. Is being a fork the only identity of this project? I would rather the name reflect other characteristics... 🤔
[–] ptz@dubvee.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cartogrity (Cartography + Community)

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I liked your suggestion quite a lot and came up with alternative based on it (the two words staying the same):

CartoUnity

[–] zyphlar@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

CoCoMaps (community + collaboration)

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately there seems to be existing software with this name.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)
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[–] CubeOfCheese@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Lief Maps

  • after explorer Lief Erickson
[–] zyphlar@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Alternate spelling of Leaf Maps as well (since most people will mis-hear and type the English word rather than the name) and maybe a leafy Lief is the mascot ;)

[–] CubeOfCheese@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait I think I like this better

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

It's neat, but would cause confusion with https://leafmap.org/

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[–] davemenninger@social.coop 5 points 2 months ago
[–] TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately there seems to be a number of existing software with this name.

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[–] normplum@fosstodon.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] normplum@fosstodon.org 4 points 2 months ago

@CubeOfCheese

"There is freedom within, there is freedom without"
"Don’t dream it’s over"

Seems appropriate for an Organic Maps fork 😄

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago

Origami Maps

[–] zyphlar@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately there seems to be existing software / websites with this name.

[–] davemenninger@social.coop 4 points 2 months ago
[–] zyphlar@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Common Maps

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately there seems to be existing software with this name.

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's MapLibre - a fork of Mapbox before it went full commercial

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Also http://libremap.org/ and https://github.com/libremap/ (different projects as far as I can tell, one of them dormant).

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

Based on @LilDumpy@lemmy.world 's great suggestion, I thought of the slogan "Grass-fed, free-range, organic, and community-powered maps". And of course a cow for a mascot.

[–] normplum@fosstodon.org 3 points 2 months ago
[–] metehan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think we can choose the name of a famous cartographer whose name is easy to pronounce in any language.

And then,

[Cartographer Name] + ["Maps" in your language]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cartographers

[–] metehan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Under the 15th century heading, "Piri", the cartographer who prepared the top map among the sample maps shown there, would be a good name.

Or maybe, "Orbis" and "Battista" under the 16th century heading.

So Piri Maps, Orbis Maps, Battista Maps, etc.

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[–] LilDumpy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

In keeping with the "organic" theme, my submission is:

Free Range Maps

[–] zyphlar@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

MOSS / Moss Maps (like FOSS but natural)

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