Kind of terrifying since I use maps pretty much exclusively for places I haven't been to yet, so I'm not totally unfamiliar when I go there
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Gotta get a quest to drop a POI out there
You could make it a "mode" of sorts. Like a map overlay that will temporarily cover everything you havent been to.
This would actually encourage me to explore new areas of my city.
I've been doing exactly that with an app called Fog of World.
5 years of progress so far.
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What about Streetcomplete? You explore and help others at the same time...
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Please add fast travel for places you've been in the next patch
Like a train station?
Like a train station?
Honestly, I'd be fine with a fast travel sign post as long as worked as intended.
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This has never crossed my mind. I wouldn’t mind an irl open world with an open map option and fog of war.
Edit: grammar error
And then not google.
someone should make PR in CoMaps or OwnTracks for this feature
I guarantee Google already has a fog of war map of every place you've ever been
I doubt it but I'm willing to play. How?
Had that (for OpenStreetMap) on my long list of project ideas, including quests you could take to some random monuments. Maybe one day.
Combine that with Street Complete and you have a game
There is an app of fdroid and google play called street complete. Its basically quests to fill in local missing data on openstreet map
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Anyone aware of an offline local alternative to https://fogofworld.app/ ?
There was some confusion regarding what I meant by "offline".
Offline meant off the internet. What I actualy meant, was that I can log my gps coordinates, cool. But I'd love a geographic map app that would be able to display those in a "fog of war" styled map, without internet connection.
I was under the impression that fog of world was collecting users' data. Another user suggested the possibility of opting out. That'd be great. A fully open source android implementation of the concept would be better, but hey, I have work tomorrow...
Dawarich has support for this. Be aware it is under very active development and has semi-frequent breaking changes though (No data loss, just manual steps to upgrade).
For example, here's my recent trip to Austin for the Counter-Strike Major:
And with regular routing:
It technically works offline because you can record your location and load it afterwards, but I use it by ingesting my location that is tracked by Home Assistant
Hey, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, and sorry for the late reply.
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like i need to tell google more about me
Doesn’t need to be made by Google. It could be self hosted. Be the change you want to see in the world 😉
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Fog of World has existed for a long time
Does that work without gsf/google maps?
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A map that only knows my home PC, work PC, and the 2 routes in-between?
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I want that
this is just the Waze map editor
your editable region is just around streets you've been on
I’d love this, but like Hero’s Path so it knows everywhere you’ve ever been, like the time I somehow made it back to Merton from wherever the night bus dropped me off drunk that time.
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OK, let me get this correct. The idea is to make the map not show places you have not been, the map that one uses to tell you how to get to places you have not yet been?
Am I missing something here, do people use google maps to go to place they have been already? Why?
some people are dogshit with directions, or it's a place they went once.
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Mobile OSM is a bit like that when it hasn't downloaded the tiles for the regions you don't usually go to.
Imagine not downloading the entire world (in case one takes a wrong turn somewhere and end up on the other side of the world) to a dedicated map app.
What do you do if you end up on the other side of the world by accident and there's no internet available?
What do you do?
This is why I've also downloaded nautical maps with depth indicators for the seven seas and then some. You know, just in case I go down. No internet under water.
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