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minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours ago I love Comaps. I have it installed on my Android phone. I contribute to OpenStreet maps when I can. are the two related?
minus-squareMynameisAllen@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 hours agoOpen street maps is the back end for comaps and most open source mapping programs
minus-squareuuj8za@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 hours agoComaps, OSM And, and other apps use OpenStreet maps as their data source, sometimes as their only data source. So if the data isn’t in OpenStreet maps, it’s not gonna be in Comaps. Comaps is basically a frontend for OpenStreet map data.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 hours agothank you. why would I go for comaps instead of open street maps then?
minus-squareuuj8za@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 hours agoOpenStreet maps is primarily a data source. I guess you could use the website: https://www.openstreetmap.org/ But they don’t have mobile apps.
are the two related?
Open street maps is the back end for comaps and most open source mapping programs
Comaps, OSM And, and other apps use OpenStreet maps as their data source, sometimes as their only data source. So if the data isn’t in OpenStreet maps, it’s not gonna be in Comaps. Comaps is basically a frontend for OpenStreet map data.
thank you. why would I go for comaps instead of open street maps then?
OpenStreet maps is primarily a data source. I guess you could use the website: https://www.openstreetmap.org/
But they don’t have mobile apps.