If it meets your requirements, try Vela Maps which is a degoogled Google Maps.
" A degoogled maps & navigation client for Android - what NewPipe is to YouTube, for Google Maps. Open vector tiles for the basemap, the device itself scraping Google’s public web endpoints (per-user, no backend) for the things only Google does well: POI quality, routing, and traffic-aware ETAs. Built to run on GrapheneOS and other no-GMS ROMs. "
I think it’s a fairly new product and seems to be rapidly improving performance with quite a few updates lately. (I have discovered some glitches but they seem to be addressed as soon as the app updates the next time.)
It might meet your requirements because it’s not Google Maps.
It might not meet your requirements if you want a truly no-Google product, because it uses a few Google things anonymously in the back end…
This needs to be made a library so that someone can write an OsmAnd plugin for the POI search.
Super cool. had no idea that existed
Holy shit im impressed by this project! Vela is degoogled gmaps, like newpipe is an alternative for youtube. Mighty impressive what they have done so far, seems like a new project, keeping my eyes on this one!
Edit: lts ofc entirely AI generated…
I’ve just started using MapQuest like many others since the lake ontario thing. It’s been pretty good and I find it a lot more functional and accurate than the Foss options at the moment. It’s not perfect but it’s also not Google or apple.
I use CoMaps and Vela Maps.
Comaps works well for me. If it’s not comprehensive enough, contribute! OSM is crowd-sourced.
Which map is good depends largely on your needs, I think. Do you need it for car navigation, walking, biking, or public transport? OSM maps are better for pedestrians and cyclists in many regions, while Google Maps is more designed for car drivers.
Paper map?
good or better then google maps, no, they’re are a trillion $ company with major resoirces
I use OSMAnd+ its a little bit shit but ot gets me by. I also edit a little bit of Open Street maps in my area to help
I just wanted to add here that Here WeGo is owned by BMW/Mercedes (according to wikipedia) and they just changed GUlf of Mexico to the trash. So … no Here WeGo.
deflock Half joking
I wish there was a way to export a pre-calculated route from deflock to CoMaps though that would just be the bees knees
Hmm. That doesn’t seem to address what I’m after as it looks like just another app that doesn’t let you export a route. Also I noticed that its routing algo is worse/doesn’t allow fine grain control of the dodge distance. Also also absolutely proprietary. Ty tho!
Interesting, I’ve been using the actual deflock app, but it doesn’t have android auto. I’m assuming this pulls data from OSM or deflock. Do you know how quick that syncs?
The problem with Here Wego maps and MapQuest that they do contain outdated information, but in Osmand and CoMaps, you can just login and add this information yourself.
From my own recent tests, Maps.me is good for finding businesses, citymapper is good for public transport, and TomTom is good for driving directions with live trafic.
OSMAnd is amazing, customisable, can do everything (I use it for hiking, saving locations, and topography) but for things you’d use google for (finding businesses, driving, street view) google does those things much better.
And PSA for those who don’t know, Waze is owned by google and maintained in Israel.
MapQuest is a perfectly reasonable commercial alternative that has all of the things you’d expect - dynamically-loaded map tiles, turn-by-turn nav, etc. If you want to look at options that use OpenStreetMap data, I’ve found CoMaps to be very good. The biggest drawback is that you have to download maps (~100-300MB per geo area) all at once, which can be a problem if you’re on the road and don’t have great signal strength.
I can never find anything on OSM based maps by themselves. My current method is to search via the Apple Maps web beta then use geoshare to copy the location to CoMaps for turn-by-turn. I have magic earth installed as a fallback if I have problems with comaps.
