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And now we have CoMaps [1], an Organic Maps fork. I have both OSMAnd and CoMaps installed and started with OSMand, but I see myself reaching for CoMaps exclusi

by jraph 1y ago

And now we have CoMaps [1], an Organic Maps fork. I have both OSMAnd and CoMaps installed and started with OSMand, but I see myself reaching for CoMaps exclusively now. Both apps are very good. [1] https://www.comaps.app/ https://www.comaps.app/

chris_overseas 1y ago
There's some backstory to the CoMaps fork that is detailed here: https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareho... Disclaimer: I don't know anything about this other than having seen the above link mentioned in a comment elsewhere as to why people should switch to CoMaps.
vzaliva 1y ago
I am sympathetic to the motivation for forking CoMaps, but their website, aside from a few vague statements, does not give me any reassurance that they are better governed. Who are these people (names)? How are they incorporated, and where? How are donations spent? How is the development direction decided? Until these points are clarified, I am hesitant to switch to CoMaps.
- mfsch 1y ago
  From what I can gather, they are not yet incorporated and they are working through organizational questions in [1] and the issues thereof. The `ACCOUNTS.md` file there gives an idea about the main people behind the project and the donation page on Open Collective [2] also documents team members and how they spend those donations. [1]: https://codeberg.org/comaps/Governance https://codeberg.org/comaps/Governance [2]: https://opencollective.com/comaps https://opencollective.com/comaps
- mountainhiker 1y ago
  This is publicly available: - People who are regularly contributing to the project: https://codeberg.org/org/comaps/members https://codeberg.org/org/comaps/members - Not yet incorporated, plans likely to have a non-profit in Europe. - All donation spending is on OpenCollective - https://opencollective.com/comaps https://opencollective.com/comaps - People who want to contribute to the project can just do so on Codeberg, there is no master plan, people just discuss the work, anyone can provide input : https://codeberg.org/org/comaps/members https://codeberg.org/org/comaps/members For comparison, Organic Maps shares nothing about donations and is opaque about direction and decisions. If those question need to be answered before using an app, then it may be time to drop Organic Maps.

by jraph 1y ago

chris_overseas 1y ago

There's some backstory to the CoMaps fork that is detailed here: https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareho... Disclaimer: I don't know anything about this other than having seen the above link mentioned in a comment elsewhere as to why people should switch to CoMaps.

vzaliva 1y ago

I am sympathetic to the motivation for forking CoMaps, but their website, aside from a few vague statements, does not give me any reassurance that they are better governed. Who are these people (names)? How are they incorporated, and where? How are donations spent? How is the development direction decided? Until these points are clarified, I am hesitant to switch to CoMaps.

mfsch 1y ago
From what I can gather, they are not yet incorporated and they are working through organizational questions in [1] and the issues thereof. The `ACCOUNTS.md` file there gives an idea about the main people behind the project and the donation page on Open Collective [2] also documents team members and how they spend those donations. [1]: https://codeberg.org/comaps/Governance https://codeberg.org/comaps/Governance [2]: https://opencollective.com/comaps https://opencollective.com/comaps
mountainhiker 1y ago
This is publicly available: - People who are regularly contributing to the project: https://codeberg.org/org/comaps/members https://codeberg.org/org/comaps/members - Not yet incorporated, plans likely to have a non-profit in Europe. - All donation spending is on OpenCollective - https://opencollective.com/comaps https://opencollective.com/comaps - People who want to contribute to the project can just do so on Codeberg, there is no master plan, people just discuss the work, anyone can provide input : https://codeberg.org/org/comaps/members https://codeberg.org/org/comaps/members For comparison, Organic Maps shares nothing about donations and is opaque about direction and decisions. If those question need to be answered before using an app, then it may be time to drop Organic Maps.