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Alternative to Google maps? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by Gigan@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Are there any good apps to use as a replacement for google maps? It's the only google service I'm still using.

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[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It just kind of sucks compared to maps. You need to know the exact address of the place you want to navigate to, you can't type the name of the place.

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 2 points 7 months ago

Odd, i can type like mcdonald's and it works. Mind you, not all stores are on there, so you might not get the absolute closest one to you, but it does work. If you know one that's closer to you, you should definitely add it for yourself in the future and everybody else. I have the biggest problem with residential addresses where i have to use gps-coordinates.net to convert to lat/long and then use that in osmand