I’ve downloaded Here WeGo maps, but I’ve noticed that the app lacks a review system. Additionally, the detail level for most places is quite poor.

Which Google Maps alternative is your favorite?

    • StrangeMed@lemmy.worldOP
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      This looks pretty promising, I wonder why no one suggested this before. Maybe because of the ads?

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        29 minutes ago

        Think it’s a reskin of organic maps something something someone else correct me/add

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          Organics maps started as a fork of maps.me some .years ago. Not sure maps.me is still (partially) open source, for sure it used to be. What sucks is the streets search

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    3 hours ago

    Personally I use organic maps. FOSS, open street map based, private and offline. Doesn’t have built in reviews but links to a review service (kayak)

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    I’m afraid most maps alternatives don’t have a review system or when they have it’s lacking reviews due to small user bases. OsmAnd had a plugin some time ago for some open review site but that stop working.

    I’m using OrganicMaps and OsmAnd depending on the task, both based on openstreetmaps but neither have reviews.

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    I use OsmAnd and Open Street Map data as well. That’s crowd sourced and not under control of any company. Though, as other people pointed out, it doesn’t do recommendations. It’s map data, navigation and sometimes opening times, accessibility etc of a place.

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    I’m also trying to use Here WeGo for turn by turn navigation.

    I tested all the other contenders (OSM And, Organic Maps, Magic Earth) and some seem to be best for outdoor activities (hiking, biking, OSM And), others do good for commuting (Here WeGo).

    The other problem you mentioned is, that sadly few apps have this “search engine and rating” topic covered. As far as I know Apple Maps uses Yelp as backend and Google Maps it’s own solution. AFAIK the others do simply not support community based annotations. Only addition or moderation on the groundlaying openstreetmap data.

    If I need to search for a location and it’s opening times, I have no good substitute, yet.