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CoMaps: The Offline App That Guided Rescuers Without a Signal in the Venezuela Response
hotosm.org/en/news/comaps-the-offline-app-that-guided-rescuers-without-a-signal-in-the-venezuela-response/
I tried. I really tried. I just cannot get comaps to cooperate. It cannot find destinations reliably, even when I enter literal addresses. Bookmarked locations are unmanageable and depend on the appp finding the destination in the first place. You can get stuck in some menus with no way to back out, requiring you to force close and start over.
UX is a disaster. I feels like they had GIMP devs work on this interface too.
Yeah, it is a general problem with OpenStreetMaps-based things I think. You can use something like this to help copy a location into Comaps (or any other OSM app):
https://f-droid.org/packages/page.ooooo.geoshare/
Works relatively well but is not really convenient.
Replying to @gedfromgont@piefed.ca
A gamified version where you solve tasks. I use it all the time. Android only afaik.
For iOS you can use “Go Map!!” . It’s basically the same as street complete
App StoreGo Map!! App - App StoreDownload Go Map!! by Bryce Cogswell on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Go Map!!.Replying to @girlnamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip
Looks similar, but I think SC is more like a game? This looks more like an editor. SC gives you a question about your current location, like when you walk past a shop it asks you for the opening hours, or what sort of pavement are you currently walking on.
But whatever works for improving OSM I’m happy with.
Yes, that’s basically exactly what Go Map does, though it is a bit less gamified