Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates
Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates
In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government's lead in changing the names on its Maps app.
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☞ https://www.openstreetmap.org
https://f-droid.org/packages/app.organicmaps/ or https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps
Organic Maps is a free Android & iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists. It uses crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data and is developed with love by the community. No ads, no tracking, no data collection, no crapware.https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus/ or https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand
This project aims at providing comfortable map viewing and navigation (routing) application for mobile devices. Particular stress lies with complete offline features (via pre-loaded offline map data) or economic internet usage.https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/akylas.alpi.maps or https://github.com/Akylas/alpimaps
Alpi Maps is a map application to help you prepare and enjoy your hike! Get all the info you need before you go, then enjoy all the data offline during your hike.I used Organic Maps on my CalyxOS phone a few days ago to navigate a 200 mile car drive home to the Scottish Highlands, and it worked flawlessly. The first 50 miles were through parts of Fife that I was not familiar with. I left it on for the rest of the journey just to track my progress and test it out. Very impressed with it. Maps are detailed and downloaded to the device for offline use. I've finally managed to deGoogle my life completely and will never use another Google product or service again.
What you use for email?
I have my own website account for personal stuff, and all the other stuff that was going to my Gmail account is being redirected now to Disroot.org where I'm slowly changing the address over for each mail that comes in. I know Disroot is probably not the best, but it was free, had POP3 and IMAP support (I use IMAP on my phone and POP3 on my desktop) and it's not used for anything too important.
OpenStreetMap also needs to deal with this kind of thing. In this case, several people already tried to add it to the map in some form of other, but generally not as something to actually be shown. There is a looong discussion about it here https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/gulf-of-america-gulf-of-mexico/124571 . General opinion is that it is (or will be) "the official name that the US says it has". In OSM you can invent tags for anything, so an object can have many names. Done like this, anyone using the data can still choose to give precedence to any "official US names that are not in common use yet". Later it may be upgraded ased on if it becomes a common alternative name, just in the US, or maybe beyond. All those options can have their own special tag. And only very motivated data users will ever show it to map users. But if you do a search for Gulf of America, you will be able to find it.
Hijacking this to plug contributing to OSM. Improving your local area is very rewarding and can pair well with some youtube binging. Take a look at your city and see if there are things you're interested in working on.
Except when it is frustrating and continually tries to send you through tiny "technically paved" service roads so you know anyone unfamiliar to the area would risk car damage because there is no way to mark a road as "low priority" or "only use if you live on that road".
Street complete is very awesome though! Especially for updating local businesses.
Are you referring to smoothness=bad or a narrow width? (I'm guessing you've been using StreetComplete to specify each.)
Holy shit, I never found smoothness in the OSM editor. Does that actually effect routing priority?
That might be a game changer for making my local area much better on OSM.
Does Google maps allow that? Does any map program?
BRouter and other routing engines can use attributes like surface and smoothness (and probably width) to calculate routes.
That's especially fun for those of us on motorcycles. I found a particularly horrible road to ride a sport touring bike on several years ago and would have loved this feature on osm.
I am using Magic Earth for navigation. Any recommended companion iOS apps for contributing to OSM?
Possibly not "companion" per se, but Every Door is available for iOS and MapComplete can run in browser. Go Map!! can provide more detailed editing.
I love the app MagicEarth for turn by turn navigation GPS. It uses OSM!
"Contains no known trackers" according to AuroraStore + free and no adds
https://www.magicearth.com/privacy/
will take a look, thanks
For anyone wondering "where do they get their money?"
It's from businesses who buy their SDK. They (allegedly) don't sell any of your data
Magic Earth is free for all our end-users but we also have a paid Magic Earth SDK for business partners. For instance Selectric.de (a supplier for navigation solutions for ambulances and fire trucks), Smarter AI (developing ADAS systems) or Absolute Cycling (using the platform on bicycles). For more info on the SDK, you can check magiclane.com.
Bottom of their faq
I haven't been able to test it out yet, but it seems pretty decent
Magic Earth is proprietary, though. You can believe their privacy policy, but I have trouble believing any privacy policy if I can't see the source code.
Ios: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1007331679 https://apps.apple.com/app/id934850257
Also fun fact the official apple maps app is mostly based on OSM.
people don't degoogle to use apple instead
Actually I think this is a pretty common thing. I know several people who use iPhones and other Apple products specifically to avoid the google alternatives.
is there anything android auto compatible?
i never use android auto so my help would be based on what i've read.
i tried magicEarth after the above comment. It's not foss but it seems more practical for driving and it is said to be a. auto compatible.
Yes, OsmAnd: https://osmand.net/docs/user/navigation/auto-car/