Google Maps won't let you save home address without allowing all Google tracking

Re:Google Maps won't let you save home address without allow... by icebraining on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @05:07AM (#18074130)

HERE WeGo (formerly Nokia Maps) is ok for car navigation. Citymapper is nice if you need public transport. OsmAnd is decent as well.

I do think Google Maps is the best, but the choices exist, and for some cases they work even better.

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Re:Google Maps won't let you save home address without allow... by partiallypro on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @02:42PM (#18078998)

Ask someone in the US who/what "HERE" is, or ask an app developer what mapping API they are using and if HERE is even remotely on the radar. Because, you'll quickly learn that brand penetration, despite operating for a long period of time, is basically 0 in the US. I have tried to implement Bing and OpenStreetMap but customers immediately complain that we're not using Google. Why? Because Google has brilliantly tied marketing of business/AdWords with their map bundle. There's no escape.

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