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[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 98 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 65 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 47 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (5 children)

$30 👀 I’d need a lot of convincing…

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[–] Denvil@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

https://streetcomplete.app/

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[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

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

someone should make PR in CoMaps or OwnTracks for this feature

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 17 points 2 weeks ago

Combine that with Street Complete and you have a game

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 13 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (5 children)

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

[–] AnExerciseInFalling@programming.dev 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (5 children)

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

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Why would you need an Internet connection to use GPS?

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[–] stom@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

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

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 11 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

Navsats and OpenStreetMaps?

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

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

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

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

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What else would you need it for?

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

like i need to tell google more about me

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 weeks 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 weeks ago (2 children)

Fog of World has existed for a long time

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

Does that work without gsf/google maps?

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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 20 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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

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[–] MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week 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 weeks ago

I want that

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

this is just the Waze map editor

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

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 8 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (9 children)
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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks 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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