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I switched to Organic Maps on Android. I’m still figuring out how to make it convenient (some apps seem to prefer trying to open with Google Maps which is now disabled) but it works on Android Auto and gets me to destination just fine.
I also recommend downloading StreetComplete, which lets you contribute to the OpenStreetMaps database.
If you open the android settings for Organic Maps (where you adjust permissions), there should be one called “Open by Default” or something like that. Just add all the links that are presented there.
Just spent 20 minutes finding an updated motor carriers Atlas.
It is spiral bound and laminated pages.
Google maps is handy… But like with all online services . We are at the mercy of license agreement…
Time to start thinking about going back to analog sources of information.
Edit: https://a.co/d/dIsSgha - is the one in getting.
Yes it’s an Amazon link… But buy used from an independent seller.
Unfortunately they also go out of date pretty quickly.
OSM is a great option, and you can host it yourself.
For the fastest routing, try GraphHopper maps (F-droid), unbeatable in that region. For searching, gmaps is really difficult to beat. Organic maps is OK.
Who cares? How often does someone actually see the name of the Gulf when using maps?
Because if Google agrees to that kind of petty shit, you better know they’re gonna give your data and position to the government without a blink. De-googling yourself is just common sense at this point.
And how does adding an extension to Google Chrome that visually changes one word on Google Maps suppose to help with that?
And every other mapping source out there that currently still labels it Gulf of Mexico will eventually change it to Gulf of America because that’s what it is recognized by the federal government. Name changes never prevent people from using the well-established name, a majority of users on X still refer to it as Twitter. It will always be Twitter.
Do you actually believe that Google has not been providing data to the government since the beginning?
And every other mapping source out there that currently still labels it Gulf of Mexico will eventually change it to Gulf of America because that’s what it is recognized by the federal government.
The US government doesn’t control map charts for the world. The Gulf of Mexico is International water, the US only controls a part of it. Even then, that executive order didn’t have that kind of power in itself, google is gladly enabling this shit because it’s in their best interest to stay as close to the other oligarchs.
And its not just this, if you think people are De-googling just because they made that change, you’re not looking at the big picture.
Do you actually believe that Google has not been providing data to the government since the beginning?
I knew it was happening to some extent but the impact it had on my life was minimal… Now the US government is at war with people like me, it is simply normal that I yeet anything that’s linked to those efforts and that I stop using services from mega corporations that will work with Trump to make all of his insane agenda come true.
You act like people are overreacting but the truth is we should have done this years ago.
Plus I’m not from the US so at this point and with Google being so close to Trump I trust them as much as I trust Tencent with my data, which is to say not at all.
The government has been at war with everyone in working class for decades. Their sole job is to protect the interests of the oligarchs, blue and red
Do you actually believe that Google has not been providing data to the government since the beginning?
I’m sure they have with hindsight being 20/20, however they are simply giving us all a middle finger now. Have some principles.
They have policy that updates names from official government sources. you people are making petty things are bigger deal.
I think that it being a Trump decision, people needs to get mad ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
