people also need to look at axion/axon , motorola, they definitely are using those now too.
Another W for MapQuest
or you can just get OsmAnd/Comaps/Organic Maps which use open street maps which is where mapquest gets this data
Well that’s a pretty nifty feature.
Well I’m glad somebody’s doing it because DeFlock’s app was designed by someone who doesn’t understand UX. It’s so clunky and unintuitive. Hell, the “navigation” feature doesn’t actually give you turn-by-turn directions FFS!
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Will it navigate around them? Does it show other manufacturers such as Axon?
This is dope, BUT Mapquest is just a wrapper for OpenStreetMaps, and this is data that you get for free with OSM.
Also, after install, Mapquest immediately asks to start tracking your behavior for targeted marketing shit.
Mapquest probably doesn’t actually give a shit privacy or fighting authoritarians. They just want a cheap and free data set, and the cheapest thing available automatically has LPR data and doesn’t rename bodies of water to “America.”
Not everyone cares about that
Oh shit, I didn’t realize OSM had a Flock locator. Is it working as a layer in OsmAnd yet? I’ll check…
EDIT: Nope, or at least I couldn’t find it.
The data is in there. You just need an OSM client that exposes it. DeFlock, mapcomplete, Mapquest, etc.
I’ve heard that said a few times but I have used both and MapQuest is infinitely more accurate and usable. I tried osm first and half the addresses I typed in couldn’t be found unless it were a major city. MapQuest I have not had that problem so they either use a different data source or they amalgamate multiple sources for more functionality.
Most likely they mirror the data from OSM and then use their own search algorithm, this is what most OSM based apps do
Looks like I’m going to be paying for an app possibly for the first time ever. I’ve had the free version for a while but they’ve earned my money
If enough of us get on board, maybe they can pay to fix the crashes!
Fuck yeah dude shoutout to mapquest.
Now we all know where to avoid aiming projectiles.
TIL that MapQuest still exists
It went to one of most downloaded apps after Google renamed lake ontario simply because of the angry Canadians (of which I am now a MapQuest user)
Recently in the news for defying Trump’s “Lake America” BS.
Kinda? They use osm data and osm didn’t change the name so neither did map quest.
And now Mapquest is just adding UI that supports OSM data. A good portion of their roadmap is just vibe coding UI for OSM features that already exist.
They created a whole website to mock the decision. Just like they did with the Gulf.
Initially they did for the Gulf of Mexico too, just a matter of time til they “correct” back to approved government posting stateside
“Initially” makes it sound like they eventually capitulated, which they haven’t
It still says gulf of mexico. Just checked from a US IP address.
Can’t find this “surveillance layer”, is this a paid feature?
I wasn’t seeing on android, checked for update, sure ebough there was an update available, updated, and now it’s there.
Can you have it avoid them when navigating like some apps have for traffic or does it just show them on the map and you’re on your own?
Might be rolling out. It see it on iOS.
