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submitted 5 months ago by BCat70@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Getting away from Google Maps has been a tough one. There aren't many options there, it's either Google, Apple, Microsoft, or OpenStreetMap.

I've been contributing to OSM for my local area as much as possible to update businesses and their opening hours, website, etc., but it's not a small task.

[–] r0ertel@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Hello fellow OSM contributor! We've been doing driver's ed at home and while I'm in the passenger seat, I'm poppin' everything on Street Complete! The kid gets the required behind the wheel hours and I'm contributing to OSM.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

For Google Maps, what about a dedicated phone for just running Maps? It would only get internet from hotspot on your real phone.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 5 months ago

2 phones is a huge pain in the ass even when they have completely separate contexts like work & personal.

It's a hard no if it's just for maps.

[–] onion@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You can run multiple user profiles on one phone to isolate apps like Google Maps.

Tutorial/explaination:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB01HHFitFA

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago

Never considered something like that. Shame it's only for GrapheneOS, which apparently only runs on Google Pixel phones.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago

Yup, that's what I do.

[–] onion@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've been getting around quite well on OrganicMaps, but it does lack live traffic information

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago

Honestly, the live traffic information is pretty bad in my area anyway. It'll say a road has high traffic or an accident long after the traffic has cleared, or it'll say it's clear when it's clearly not.

So if that's your hangup, try going without it for a week or two and see if it really impacts you.