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Related : I'm building https://github.com/laem/cartes https://github.com/laem/cartes, an alternative to Google Maps. On top of a custom protomaps tileset and a

Related : I'm building https://github.com/laem/cartes https://github.com/laem/cartes, an alternative to Google Maps. On top of a custom protomaps tileset and a few other MapTiler options (such as satellite and hiking), it packs a search engine, a basic OSM place UI, transit calculators (walk, bike with profiles, transit, car), small features like ruler and favorites, transit maps, photos of places, place search by categories, and the French open source street view Panoramax. Of course, given the scope, its alpha software. It's built locally for France and French speaking users, though most of the code is English, some data sets are not. I'm spending ~ 50 % working on transit, lots need to be done. You can test it here : https://cartes.app https://cartes.app. The aim is not to provide map tiles as an API to other project, but to build a UI on it.

hyperknot 2y ago
Wow, now that's an ambitious project! I wish you a lot of success with it!
- maelito 2y ago
  Thanks ! It consists of using more focus initiatives like yours and bdon's :)
zaik 2y ago
Wow this is one of the best Google Maps clones I've seen so far. Is there a plan to translate the UI into other languages than French? I would be willing to help out, if there is a Weblate interface or something similar.
- maelito 2y ago
  Thanks ! I've raised this issue. Short : nothing yet. https://github.com/laem/cartes/issues/574 https://github.com/laem/cartes/issues/574
iudqnolq 2y ago
I see you're sourcing images from Wikimedia. Have you found any other good sources? I'm working on indexing images by place taken for my own project and am primarily very slowly and jankily enumerating the flickr API. (You can see https://plantopo.com/geophotos https://plantopo.com/geophotos for a pre-alpha view of where I have coverage. Zoom in where there are blue dots and click the map to search. Don't click Oregon or Washington because of a bug I'm working on) Are you using opentripplanner for routing?
- maelito 2y ago
  Wikimedia is a totally underrated source of photos. The problem is filtering good ones. See my PR of the day, where I'm using only the images that are featured on Wikipedia pages. It gives better results than google maps in lots of places. Also some weird pictures like logos but I'm confident they can be ruled out. Your map is cool ! https://plantopo.com/geophotos#13.92/50.91621/-1.37752 https://plantopo.com/geophotos#13.92/50.91621/-1.37752 https://cartes.app/?photos=oui#13.92/50.91621/-1.37752 https://cartes.app/?photos=oui#13.92/50.91621/-1.37752 With this second link you'll understand the why of my PR : there's just too many Wikimedia photos ^^ Edit : PR merged, you'll see less photos in 1 minute https://github.com/laem/cartes/pull/611 https://github.com/laem/cartes/pull/611
  - iudqnolq 2y ago
    Interesting! I'll definitely check out Wikimedia. My project is for planning hiking trips so the areas I'm searching typically are places in the wilderness that don't have many photos. Right now I'm not doing any ranking. I just semi-randomly take ten photos for the search area.
- maelito 2y ago
  > Are you using opentripplanner for routing? No, Motis. I picked the first I could install on my computer at the time. Turns out, it's a very promising project. But switching to OTP wouldn't be such a problem. GTFS in, JSON out. It's a one day work change for basic functionnality.
ivanjermakov 2y ago
Oh, there is another pal who's streaming making his own maps, fairly entertaining: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL980gcR1LE3L8RoIMSNBFfw4dFfS3rrsk&si=wce95ogwPzAWXgVa https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL980gcR1LE3L8RoIMSNBFfw4d...
- maelito 2y ago
  Thanks ! I've thought about making an "education" project but it takes time, and after 9 months of working on it I'm now convinced it's possible to build a basic Gmaps alternative in a few years. Business model still missing though ! Edit : just watched some minutes, he's rebuilding low-level components, like route finding. Impressive stuff but not quite user-friendly.
  - ivanjermakov 2y ago
    > not quite user-friendly Yes, it does not seem like he makes a business or a product for a wide audience. It's more about exploring the unknown, teaching programming and being entertaining. Although I adore such ambitious projects that seem insurmountable at the first glance.

hyperknot 2y ago

Wow, now that's an ambitious project! I wish you a lot of success with it!

maelito 2y ago
Thanks ! It consists of using more focus initiatives like yours and bdon's :)

zaik 2y ago

Wow this is one of the best Google Maps clones I've seen so far. Is there a plan to translate the UI into other languages than French? I would be willing to help out, if there is a Weblate interface or something similar.

maelito 2y ago
Thanks ! I've raised this issue. Short : nothing yet. https://github.com/laem/cartes/issues/574 https://github.com/laem/cartes/issues/574

iudqnolq 2y ago

I see you're sourcing images from Wikimedia. Have you found any other good sources? I'm working on indexing images by place taken for my own project and am primarily very slowly and jankily enumerating the flickr API. (You can see https://plantopo.com/geophotos https://plantopo.com/geophotos for a pre-alpha view of where I have coverage. Zoom in where there are blue dots and click the map to search. Don't click Oregon or Washington because of a bug I'm working on) Are you using opentripplanner for routing?

maelito 2y ago
Wikimedia is a totally underrated source of photos. The problem is filtering good ones. See my PR of the day, where I'm using only the images that are featured on Wikipedia pages. It gives better results than google maps in lots of places. Also some weird pictures like logos but I'm confident they can be ruled out. Your map is cool ! https://plantopo.com/geophotos#13.92/50.91621/-1.37752 https://plantopo.com/geophotos#13.92/50.91621/-1.37752 https://cartes.app/?photos=oui#13.92/50.91621/-1.37752 https://cartes.app/?photos=oui#13.92/50.91621/-1.37752 With this second link you'll understand the why of my PR : there's just too many Wikimedia photos ^^ Edit : PR merged, you'll see less photos in 1 minute https://github.com/laem/cartes/pull/611 https://github.com/laem/cartes/pull/611
- iudqnolq 2y ago
  Interesting! I'll definitely check out Wikimedia. My project is for planning hiking trips so the areas I'm searching typically are places in the wilderness that don't have many photos. Right now I'm not doing any ranking. I just semi-randomly take ten photos for the search area.
maelito 2y ago
> Are you using opentripplanner for routing? No, Motis. I picked the first I could install on my computer at the time. Turns out, it's a very promising project. But switching to OTP wouldn't be such a problem. GTFS in, JSON out. It's a one day work change for basic functionnality.

ivanjermakov 2y ago

Oh, there is another pal who's streaming making his own maps, fairly entertaining: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL980gcR1LE3L8RoIMSNBFfw4dFfS3rrsk&si=wce95ogwPzAWXgVa https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL980gcR1LE3L8RoIMSNBFfw4d...

maelito 2y ago
Thanks ! I've thought about making an "education" project but it takes time, and after 9 months of working on it I'm now convinced it's possible to build a basic Gmaps alternative in a few years. Business model still missing though ! Edit : just watched some minutes, he's rebuilding low-level components, like route finding. Impressive stuff but not quite user-friendly.
- ivanjermakov 2y ago
  > not quite user-friendly Yes, it does not seem like he makes a business or a product for a wide audience. It's more about exploring the unknown, teaching programming and being entertaining. Although I adore such ambitious projects that seem insurmountable at the first glance.