Release 2025-12-11 : CoMaps

[–] zeezee@slrpnk.net 15 points 6 months ago (3 children)

It's such a shame that both CoMaps and even OsmAnd have massive issues with public transport routing - I don't blame them as it's a really complex problem - I just wish I had alternatives to gmaps ;(

[–] willow@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

I think processing GTFS data offline and on-device might be really challenging. There's OpenTripPlanner, which is web-based and can be self-hosted on a VPS (an example).

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

Do you not have an app run by the public transport company? That's what I use, and it's guaranteed to be up to date

[+] thomas@friendica.bytebox.nohost.me 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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[–] zeezee@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I've tried OsmAnd, CoMaps (Organic) as well as Transportr - out of those OsmAnd seems to be the all around best one - it's still not ideal as it will often not find full addresses or just postcodes and it does have good public transit coverage in my experience but also struggles often enough to make it unreliable in a pinch requiring gmaps as backup. The UX is also a bit clunky but is super feature rich.

Transportr seems to be the best for public transit but coverage is limited and isn't available where I live.

CoMaps is the best UI wise but UX can be lacking (eg it doesn't have an origin destination bar at the top so if you're trying to navigate from a place you're not at you have to click search then the address then click on "route from" then go back and search for the destination then "route to" which is a hassle.) More critically it only has subways so no bus or rail which makes it a bit useless for me.

Also https://cycle.travel/map is really good for cycling but doesn't have an app so I use OsmAnd since it has so much useful customization (tho that may seem overwhelming to some)

also a good option if you want to ski or horseback ride around..

[–] willow@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

It still crashes when I try to get a walking direction... it does not happen with driving or bicycling directions, just walking.

[+] nesc@lemmy.cafe -9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Is it still controlled by the same two "estonians" as organic maps?

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 months ago

I have no idea who is in charge, but why did you put Estonian in scare quotes?

[–] schubidubiduba@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 months ago

None of the original founders of OM are part of CoMaps, if that answers your question

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

...what's wrong with Estonians...? 😅

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 3 points 6 months ago

Estonians are great, these guys aren't estonians, they obtained estonian passports so they won't be percieved as r*ssians, which makes it worse. Also they've run mapsme, then sold it and created organic maps and I had an idea that they somehow migrated to this new project as well.