[HN Gopher] Self-hostable maps stack, powered by OpenStreetMap
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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
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| 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?
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| 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.
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| Screenshot: https://dro.pm/d.png (expires 18 hours after this
| comment was posted)
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| 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).
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| 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.
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| 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/
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