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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Organic maps works really well but it doesn't do realtime traffic right?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

you can only do realtime traffic if you have access to global network of gps sensors on the road. there is no way for organic maps to do it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Magic Earth has realtime traffic in it. Or close to. Use it to contribute. I keep it on when I'm driving even if I don't need it for navigation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

cool, i was not aware of that application. might be worth looking into. it feels like it wold need a pretty large critical mass to make real time traffic useful though.

also, how do they make money?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

AFAIK they sell location libraries and maps, the app is just an "example" of how to consume their real product, and is probably used to also collect anonymized realtime data.

See https://www.magiclane.com/web

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For that you need Magic Earth.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where is that available? Is it a standalone app or an addon/plugin?