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I have been using it in Chile for over a year now and it has been working great. When I arrived, multiple people told me that Google Maps was terrible here, but

by privong 11y ago

I have been using it in Chile for over a year now and it has been working great. When I arrived, multiple people told me that Google Maps was terrible here, but I have had good luck with OSM.

donquichotte 11y ago
Yeah, the quality of google maps quickly deteriorates once you leave the highly developed countries. It would be nice to have tighter integration of maps.me with OSM, e.g. to be able to make changes to the maps from the maps.me app. I wanted to remove several abandoned hotels/fuel stations, but in the end just didn't do it because editing OSM is quite tedious.
- jarek 11y ago
  A somewhat hacky thing you can do is tweet to @OSMthis with the location embedded in the tweet, and it will add a note to OSM: https://twitter.com/osmthis/with_replies https://twitter.com/osmthis/with_replies Other editors can then see the note and might resolve it
- DarkLinkXXXX 11y ago
  If you use Android, I suggest OsmAnd~. https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.osmand.plus https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.osmand.plus OsmAnd is an open source project, however the free OsmAnd version in the Play Store has limitations. You can get the full version (OsmAnd+) if you have money and want to support the developer, but OsmAnd~ has all the features of OsmAnd+.
- kuschku 11y ago
  In my place (and I live in a highly developed country, Germany) Google maps is missing a whole district of my city! Which leads to lots of people ending up in a dead end in a residential street, locking for the highway. Well, it’s always funny, but with Google’s data not updated since 2005, they’re pretty useless. It’s like Google only cares about the US.
Splines 11y ago
FWIW Google Maps also has an editor which is useful when you need to help other people find you.
- GFischer 11y ago
  Google Maps and editors and other Google maps-related collaboration tools are awful, if you need human interaction. I entered a location for the company I worked with. The company moved to another location, so I set about to change the address on Google Maps. To verify I was really the owner of the business, they decided to send mail... to the company's old address (which was occupied by a squatter at the point). End result, now you have two locations for the company, a correct one and an incorrect one. I also had a dispute when I edited a location on Antarctica (the Uruguayan base)... editors kept reverting the change.

by privong 11y ago

I have been using it in Chile for over a year now and it has been working great. When I arrived, multiple people told me that Google Maps was terrible here, but I have had good luck with OSM.

donquichotte 11y ago

Yeah, the quality of google maps quickly deteriorates once you leave the highly developed countries. It would be nice to have tighter integration of maps.me with OSM, e.g. to be able to make changes to the maps from the maps.me app. I wanted to remove several abandoned hotels/fuel stations, but in the end just didn't do it because editing OSM is quite tedious.

jarek 11y ago
A somewhat hacky thing you can do is tweet to @OSMthis with the location embedded in the tweet, and it will add a note to OSM: https://twitter.com/osmthis/with_replies https://twitter.com/osmthis/with_replies Other editors can then see the note and might resolve it
DarkLinkXXXX 11y ago
If you use Android, I suggest OsmAnd~. https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.osmand.plus https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.osmand.plus OsmAnd is an open source project, however the free OsmAnd version in the Play Store has limitations. You can get the full version (OsmAnd+) if you have money and want to support the developer, but OsmAnd~ has all the features of OsmAnd+.
kuschku 11y ago
In my place (and I live in a highly developed country, Germany) Google maps is missing a whole district of my city! Which leads to lots of people ending up in a dead end in a residential street, locking for the highway. Well, it’s always funny, but with Google’s data not updated since 2005, they’re pretty useless. It’s like Google only cares about the US.

Splines 11y ago

FWIW Google Maps also has an editor which is useful when you need to help other people find you.

GFischer 11y ago
Google Maps and editors and other Google maps-related collaboration tools are awful, if you need human interaction. I entered a location for the company I worked with. The company moved to another location, so I set about to change the address on Google Maps. To verify I was really the owner of the business, they decided to send mail... to the company's old address (which was occupied by a squatter at the point). End result, now you have two locations for the company, a correct one and an incorrect one. I also had a dispute when I edited a location on Antarctica (the Uruguayan base)... editors kept reverting the change.