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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.

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We’re a global family of volunteers—engineers, designers, community builders and dreamers—all united by one vision: A world in which the top choice for navigation software respects users' freedom and privacy, and is developed through open collaboration.

From sunrise in Asia to sunset in South America, the contributors collaborate across time zones, languages, and cultures. No salaries, no borders—just pure passion for open data and community‑driven cartography.

Why we love CoMaps:

  • Sleek, privacy‑focused navigation experience that works worldwide, without tracking or ads.
  • We learn from each other, sharing skills and stories along the way.
  • Our work lives online, so anyone can join the adventure at any time.

Excited by CoMaps? Get involved, donate, or just spread the word.

https://codeberg.org/comaps

Together we turn plans into journeys.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thanks, you beautiful nerds <3

Im installing this app on any phone that touches my hands and usually feedback is great. Love the implementation and improvements to track recording/importing/saving etc.

[–] dudesss@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not a dev, but donated $90. Please donate, and keep this project alive and thriving.

Also if I may, I'm hoping we'll eventually get audio support for directions.

https://www.comaps.app/

[–] felsiq@piefed.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What do you mean by audio support for directions? There’s turn by turn audio output already iirc

[–] dudesss@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Now that you say it, I do see some "Voice instructions" support in the settings. I'll need to figure out how to connect an engine to it to get it working. Thanks! :)

[–] schubidubiduba@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you use Android, it should normally just work with the TTS engine set in android settings.

Unless you don't have one or your engine does not offer either the map language or english.

I am currently working on enabling other TTS languages and notifying the user more noticeably about TTS problems.

[–] dudesss@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm on GrapeheneOS, so maybe because I chose not to have Google Assistant setup up on my phone.

[–] schubidubiduba@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah you may need to install another TTS engine, don't know the Graphene TTS situation exactly.

I like SherpaTTS for example.

[–] felsiq@piefed.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

I’d tell you how I did it if I remembered, but I have zero memory of setting it up lmao sorry. Good luck!

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 weeks ago

Just downloaded it as this is my first time hearing of it. Got an old tablet second hand that doesn't even have a GPS sensor but it's nice to use for offline maps and it only cost me £15. Used OSMAnd but it runs like shit on this tablet, takes ages to load maps and frequently crashes. Possibly runs out of memory? Think I only have 512MB but not 100% on that.

Only very briefly had CoMaps but it does seem a lot more responsive and nice to see it defaulted to store maps on my SD card!

[–] Feddinat0r@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

Hello, thank you

[–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 2 weeks ago

Homer Simpson really is a man of a thousand talents

[–] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Needs more identicons

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

Hello Ive noticed that some data isnt being updated in the comaps app?

I updated some opening times & vacant shops in the street complete app a couple of months ago but it still isnt showing on comaps

[–] Stzyxh@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

thats weird, try waitin for the next release and see if its still not there.

[–] Tundra@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

will do, cheers

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

oneko spotted