Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back

Re:Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back by Biganon on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @09:08AM (#25517741)

> Too bad, maps.me was by far the best maps application for non city use

Was it? The only time I tried to use it to find my way with a car in a forest, it guided me towards a road that simply wasn't there. It was on the map, and in real life it was just trees. My friend, who was driving, wasn't too happy. I switched to Google Maps and it worked.

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Re:Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back by Doctor_Fegg on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @09:39AM (#25517992)

I'm guessing GP is European and you're American. There are significant issues with OSM data in the rural US.

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Re:Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back by reaperducer on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @12:45PM (#25520049)

Not just OSM. Google Maps is missing plenty of roads, and even entire towns in rural America.

Every National Park I've been to in the last three years has had a sign, a flyer, a notice, or a line in the brochure pleading with people not to rely on Google Maps and to use paper maps.

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Re:Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back by ornel on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @07:00PM (#25523727)

Google Maps in next to unusable in rural areas of the third world (as far as I have seen) with unpaved roads. I guess there is no business case for Google in spending money to map those areas

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Re:Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back by pressto on Saturday December 26, 2020 @05:52AM (#25542633)

In all programs always there are troubles because we are not have ideals but maps.me not rarely help me

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