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Organic Maps (Unofficial)

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Overview:

Organic Maps is a free open-source Android & iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists based on top of crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data and curated with love by MapsWithMe (Maps.Me) founders back from 2021.

Download Organic Maps from:

Related Community:

!comaps@sopuli.xyz

Related Links:

Website

Source Code

Matrix Space

Telegram Channel

JOSM

!osm@feddit.uk

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I haven't followed the OM project closely, but thanks to the accidental discovery of the unofficial account I found out that the project is not adhering to the core principles of (mastodon.social)
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I haven't followed the OM project closely, but thanks to the accidental discovery of the unofficial @organicmaps account I found out that the project is not adhering to the core principles of open-source software. All the relevant links and a description of the situation: https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c

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[โ€“] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You are a bit late to the party, but good reminder in case people missed it. Because of this a fork was created a few months back that is now the new cool kid on the block. There is even a well maintained community on here for it. The new fork is called CoMaps:

[โ€“] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

The letter seems a bit meandering, it buries the important part half way down, and doesn't specify what those closed parts actually are.

a couple of months later in the team's internal chat he again argued against opening the de-facto closed parts of the maps generator code. It's still not completely open source.