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I only came to the comments to upvote whoever mentioned OpenStreetMaps. It needs our love.

jseliger 8y ago
I only came to the comments to upvote whoever mentioned OpenStreetMaps. It needs our love. This is the platform Maps.me is based on, correct? I ask because I downloaded Maps.me the other day, after reading HN, and have found it to be missing most businesses that I've attempted to search for. In addition, there seems to be no obvious way to suggest missing destinations. I too want Google/Apple maps alternatives to succeed, but my limited trial so far has not been promising.
- mmel 8y ago
  >there seems to be no obvious way to suggest missing destinations. Unless Maps.Me use their own database for business listings, you just edit the map directly from openstreetmap.org or one of the many fat client map editors that are out there.
  - Brakenshire 8y ago
    I don’t think that’s true. Items added on the OSM page appear on maps.me, and items added on maps.me appear on OSM.
- pwg 8y ago
  > I ask because I downloaded Maps.me the other day, after reading HN, and have found it to be missing most businesses that I've attempted to search for. In addition, there seems to be no obvious way to suggest missing destinations. You might try looking at OsmAnd. It too uses OpenStreetMap data, but it does allow you to add some amount of missing data as well (see https://osmand.net/features?id=osm-editing-plugin https://osmand.net/features?id=osm-editing-plugin). This, of course, is part of the advantage of OpenStreetMap, you notice something missing, you add it, and now it is no longer missing.
  - _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
    And one can of course also add data to OpenStreetMaps via a browser. I've been trying to add any businesses I've found missing.
- kwhitefoot 8y ago
  You can add things to OSM using the Maps Android app; open the hamburger menu, choose "Add a place to the map". Maps is based on Maps.me.
- rmc 8y ago
  > In addition, there seems to be no obvious way to suggest missing destinations. That's strange. I just checked Maps.me on Android, and if you open the hamburger menu there's an "add a place to the map" option.
  - Brakenshire 8y ago
    Same on iOS.
lucb1e 8y ago
Uh, while I upvote OSM comments a lot because I often think they are good comments, blindly upvoting based on positive mentions of OSM does not contribute to the conversation...

I only came to the comments to upvote whoever mentioned OpenStreetMaps. It needs our love. This is the platform Maps.me is based on, correct? I ask because I downloaded Maps.me the other day, after reading HN, and have found it to be missing most businesses that I've attempted to search for. In addition, there seems to be no obvious way to suggest missing destinations. I too want Google/Apple maps alternatives to succeed, but my limited trial so far has not been promising.

mmel 8y ago
>there seems to be no obvious way to suggest missing destinations. Unless Maps.Me use their own database for business listings, you just edit the map directly from openstreetmap.org or one of the many fat client map editors that are out there.
- Brakenshire 8y ago
  I don’t think that’s true. Items added on the OSM page appear on maps.me, and items added on maps.me appear on OSM.
pwg 8y ago
> I ask because I downloaded Maps.me the other day, after reading HN, and have found it to be missing most businesses that I've attempted to search for. In addition, there seems to be no obvious way to suggest missing destinations. You might try looking at OsmAnd. It too uses OpenStreetMap data, but it does allow you to add some amount of missing data as well (see https://osmand.net/features?id=osm-editing-plugin https://osmand.net/features?id=osm-editing-plugin). This, of course, is part of the advantage of OpenStreetMap, you notice something missing, you add it, and now it is no longer missing.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
  And one can of course also add data to OpenStreetMaps via a browser. I've been trying to add any businesses I've found missing.
kwhitefoot 8y ago
You can add things to OSM using the Maps Android app; open the hamburger menu, choose "Add a place to the map". Maps is based on Maps.me.
rmc 8y ago
> In addition, there seems to be no obvious way to suggest missing destinations. That's strange. I just checked Maps.me on Android, and if you open the hamburger menu there's an "add a place to the map" option.
- Brakenshire 8y ago
  Same on iOS.

lucb1e 8y ago

Uh, while I upvote OSM comments a lot because I often think they are good comments, blindly upvoting based on positive mentions of OSM does not contribute to the conversation...