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0 pointsWA2y ago0 comments

If you really just want a map, go use OSM. I love it as well and even contributed. But Google Maps is much more than OSM. The biggest difference and most important feature is its real-time traffic. OSM is just a totally different product seen through the car navigation lens.

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Doctor_Fegg2y ago

Absolutely true. OSM, conversely, is an infinitely better dataset for pedestrian and bike navigation.

WAOP2y ago

Yup, have been using it through Komoot for many years for biking and hiking.

jhugo2y ago

For me the killer Google Maps feature is using it as a search engine. The POI data on OSM has low coverage, is often out-of-date, and lacks reviews, so while it's quite good for (non-car) navigation, it's not very useful at all for finding places meeting certain criteria.

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