[HN Gopher] Self-hostable maps stack, powered by OpenStreetMap ___________________________________________________________________ Self-hostable maps stack, powered by OpenStreetMap Author : taubek Score : 106 points Date : 2022-09-17 08:29 UTC (14 hours ago) (HTM) web link (github.com) (TXT) w3m dump (github.com) | mistrial9 wrote: | real admins use mapnik | | https://github.com/mapnik | klysm wrote: | No true Scotsman | josteink wrote: | While I don't see the need for this project myself, I appreciate | how it is very specific hardware needs for both building and | running it. | | That sort of upfront info can save a lot of work down the line. | Props for putting in the effort. | metadat wrote: | All it needs is a mobile app.. could finally stop constantly | sharing location data to Big-G and Apple. | [deleted] | 411111111111111 wrote: | Not really. OSMand has been around for ages if all you want is | navigation with open street maps. | | But that's really not what we want from a maps app, issit? | | We want intelligent location data like searching for | "groceries" and we want to know wherever the location is | currently open etc. | | While I hope that - eventually - open street map can fill that | need, it can't today. | habi wrote: | https://organicmaps.app/ Can search for ,,groceries" around | you and shows the opening hours of any shops (that have added | the data to OpenStreetMap) | lucb1e wrote: | OsmAnd can search for supermarkets and show opening hours in | the search results. | | Screenshot: https://dro.pm/d.png (expires 18 hours after this | comment was posted) | | It's a data problem more than a software problem. A shop | owner would be stupid if they don't want to appear in google | search results with business information nicely presented on | a card, and in doing so, they automatically put themselves on | Google's map. Fast forward a few years of business owners | doing this, and Google Maps is a superb directory where also | the consumers flock to (previously they'd look for geo data | with different providers such as TomTom). Now both sides are | going there and only open data enthusiasts care about any | alternatives that might exist. | | What amazes me is that OpenStreetMap wins in basically every | other category of map data (in most places of most | countries). Not the real-time streams like traffic and public | transport delays (OSM simply does not support that) but any | geo data like streets, paths, power lines, benches, etc. | There is also a push from basically every company except | Google to use and improve OpenStreetMap data (Facebook, | Microsoft, Apple, etc., with various governments involved as | well). | | We just need to somehow get these business locations more | complete and current to be able to ditch Google entirely, for | those that want to. | y4mi wrote: | I sometimes wish companies were required to report their | opening hours when registering and the state made this | information available through a public api. | | It's not really possible as not all place have scheduled | opening and closing times... But a dude can dream, right? | account-5 wrote: | I use OsmAnd~ on mobile. Works perfectly. Obviously doesn't do | traffic. | zaik wrote: | If you just want a polished offline maps app based on | OpenStreetMap data checkout https://organicmaps.app/ | noirbot wrote: | I really love Organic Maps. My biggest wish is that its | bookmarking/tagging system for places was a little bit | better. For how cluttered Google Maps has gotten, it's still | the only maps app I've used that does a good job of letting | me tag and categorize every lunch spot I like, or every bar | someone's ever recommended to me, or that donut shop I tried | once years ago. Having a quick and easy geospatial map of my | personal points of interest is invaluable to deciding where I | want to stay in a city, or remembering places across various | trips. | | Organic Maps lets you star things, but without much for non- | menu intensive categorization. And then when you go back to | look around a city with your starred places later, it decides | to make them about a 5px red circle until you zoom in so far | it's showing you more information than you'd ever want to | know about the zoning plan for every building on the street. | | It's partially the classic OSS problem. The people who want | to not have the clutter of Google Maps have a high overlap | with the sort of people who want the app to ultimately give | them _as much information as possible_ if they keep zooming | in. To what someone else put in this comment section, some of | the value of Google Maps is that they have a good idea of | what businesses on a given street you actually care about. | OSM will often show me in big text that, instead of the | coffee shop I 'm looking for, I could go to a stone | wholesaler that's 3 doors down. | [deleted] | ForHackernews wrote: | If you want them to continue existing, contribute! | https://organicmaps.app/support-us/ ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-09-17 23:00 UTC)