TomTom ditches map updates for some sat-navs

Re:TomTom ditches map updates for some sat-navs by hengheng on Monday January 29, 2018 @04:49PM (#16260932)

How is navigation on these maps? Every time try using OSM to guide me from point A to point B, it becomes a feature-length endeavour. Has this changed?

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Re:TomTom ditches map updates for some sat-navs by petepete on Monday January 29, 2018 @06:18PM (#16261493)

OSM is just maps, there are plenty of routing tools available. I've used and been impressed by OSRM

http://map.project-osrm.org

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Re:TomTom ditches map updates for some sat-navs by auxym on Monday January 29, 2018 @09:19PM (#16262414)

I've had a decent experience with maps.me. Not a polished UX as Google or apple, but functional.

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Re:TomTom ditches map updates for some sat-navs by rmc on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @09:50AM (#16265679)

Technically OSM is a database of geographic objects. You can use that to make a map, or to power a routing engine (like OSRM).

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Re:TomTom ditches map updates for some sat-navs by rmc on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @09:51AM (#16265687)

Technically you can edit OSM yourself and correct routing errors like that. The problem is either in the data (which is easier to fix) or in the router code (which is harder to fix, but even filing a bug with an example is helpful).

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