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[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 99 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 70 points 3 months ago

Gotta get a quest to drop a POI out there

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 3 months ago

You could make it a "mode" of sorts. Like a map overlay that will temporarily cover everything you havent been to.

[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 65 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This would actually encourage me to explore new areas of my city.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 47 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (7 children)

I've been doing exactly that with an app called Fog of World.

5 years of progress so far.

[–] errer@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (5 children)

$30 👀 I’d need a lot of convincing…

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[–] Denvil@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

In the last 5 years, I've left my state one time that I remember

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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 37 points 3 months ago

What about Streetcomplete? You explore and help others at the same time...

https://streetcomplete.app/

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[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 50 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You should have to fill it in by climbing a big tower

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 13 points 2 months ago

someone should make PR in CoMaps or OwnTracks for this feature

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

Had that (for OpenStreetMap) on my long list of project ideas, including quests you could take to some random monuments. Maybe one day.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

Combine that with Street Complete and you have a game

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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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[–] diegantobass@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Anyone aware of an offline local alternative to https://fogofworld.app/ ?

[–] AnExerciseInFalling@programming.dev 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

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

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[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

How do you expect to get positional tracking while being offline?

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Why would you need an Internet connection to use GPS?

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[–] stom@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Is this what people think? That you need an internet connection tion to use GPS?

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Man not everyone had a moment in their lives to stop and think about it. And it wasn't taught in school. No need to act condescending.

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[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 12 points 3 months ago

Navsats and OpenStreetMaps?

[–] warm@kbin.earth 6 points 3 months ago
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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Please add fast travel for places you've been in the next patch

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I would absolutely love that. Fuck fast travel, let me explore!

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

same,

would be nice to see where you have exploded,

wonder if google has an API to get that info from your location history and make a web app that shows you how much you've explored

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[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A map that only knows my home PC, work PC, and the 2 routes in-between?

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (4 children)

like i need to tell google more about me

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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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[–] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Fog of World has existed for a long time

[–] needanke@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

Does that work without gsf/google maps?

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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 20 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Does this exist as Open Source with OSM instead of Google?

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[–] MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guarantee Google already has a fog of war map of every place you've ever been

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[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

I want that

[–] BackwardsUntoDawn@infosec.pub 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

this is just the Waze map editor

your editable region is just around streets you've been on

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

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?

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago (9 children)
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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

some people are dogshit with directions, or it's a place they went once.

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[–] TheCleric@lemmy.org 6 points 3 months ago

This is the most basic-ass tourist hotspot map of NYC…and they didn’t even go a few blocks up to hit Central Park? The fuck

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

... and/or aren't planning to go. I would love to get through Bloomington, IN without seeing the location of every Liquor store dotting my navigation screen. Can't be personalized, as I basically never visit Liquor stores.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Only if I get achievements for uncovering large segments of my map, probably by neighborhood.

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