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Are there any good google maps alternatives? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] pH3ra@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

CoMaps is good if you already know where to go.
I use it in conjunction with GMapsWV: look for a place, copy the coordinates with the share button and paste them into CoMaps.
Never missed an address and I use it quite a bit.

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for the recommendation for GMapsWV. I didn't know about that, and have always felt very uncomfortable when using Google Maps to find restaurants and such that aren't always listed in OSM.

[–] Manalith@midwest.social 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I had this talk with a friend the other week, but I can't recommend enough that if something OSM based isn't showing correctly, you can always add it in once you find the right answer. For example, if it doesn't have hours listed for a business, I'll go to their website and copy that data in, or if the address doesn't show up right, I'll edit the building with the correct address. I found the other day that the address for my apartment was listed over a garage up the street instead of my building and I just removed the one and added in the other.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I completely fixed my neighborhood of 800 homes. took me a week. I drew in the house shapes and the heights, turned the row home blocks into individual linked blocks with exact addresses and accurate sidewalks.

[–] Manalith@midwest.social 1 points 6 hours ago

I've never added in height before. Does it just look for number of stories, or how did you find that info?