Just donated $100 to the amazing Organic Maps project: Trackerless, fully offline, OSM based, open source mapping for Android/iOS. Great UX & routing, super fast & good coverage even of hiking paths, elevation lines & public transport layers...
From their website: "Organic Maps is one of a few applications nowadays that supports 100% of features without an active Internet connection. Install Organic Maps, download maps, throw away your SIM card (by the way, your operator constantly tracks you), and go for a weeklong trip on a single battery charge without any byte sent to the network."
Update: Some progress — I converted the network to a geodataframe and filtered it by the "name" column, it feels very awkward yet and I'm not sure what I'm doing.
Google Maps toont mijn locatie (in de IC naar Zwolle) op of bij de rails, maar op het moment dat we een weg kruisen, of parallel aan een straat rijden, springt de blauwe stip opzij.
Buigt de weg af, dan springt de stip terug naar mijn locatie tussen de rails.
@jeroensmeets heb je wel eens van #OpenStreetMaps gehoord, Jeroen?
dat is een #OpenSource map die je privéleven NIET in kaart brengt om je advertenties voor te schotelen - misschien eens naar kijken en jezelf beschermen tegen diefstal?
I had the perfect example of the way our devices are listening to us.
Yesterday I said to hubby that I was going to clean the dishwasher because I hadn't done it for ages, and he said, have you got any tablets to do it with?
Today out of the blue, I get an email advertising dishwasher tablets!!
His phone was switched on, and on the kitchen table. There was no other way this conversation could have been transmitted.
@oldrawgabbit people are responding that the only way to prevent this is to never use technological devices
no, an option for privacy is to just turn things off when not in use
other options are to use more private devices
"When beginning the journey of restoring digital privacy, some people get overwhelmed with all the work involved, and perhaps give up. Don’t let that be you. Understand that you don’t need to do everything right away. Instead, start small and go step by step at your own pace. With each step in the process, you get more security and control over your personal data, which is a small victory." https://restoreprivacy.com/google-alternatives/
"In the modern age of digital data exploitation, your privacy has never been more critical, and yet many believe it is already a lost cause. It is not. Your privacy is up for grabs, and you need to care about it." https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/why-privacy-matters/
Went to add #Montenegro bus routes on #GoogleMaps and promptly found out they don't allow regular users to add such info.
Sent an email to the Mayor offering help. But being the stubborn engineer that I am, I couldn't sit around and wait.
Remembered #OpenStreetMaps exists! And a lot of work had already been done! Furthermore, I found that the official website for the capital, in its "Map" section, uses the OSM API, not GMaps!
Every giant temple to consumption (read: store) I went to today had a bike rack. All hangers, no wheel benders in sight. These were all places I had never cycled to before, so finding those bike racks was a little tricky - none of them were in #OpenStreetMaps. Now they are.
I wish Google maps had kitchen hours as well as the general opening hours. I had wanted to goto a place that's open until 2300, but calling them, turns out the kitchen shuts at 2000.
@quixoticgeek take a look at #openstreetmaps where anyone can easily contribute to the map or the opening times. Like the fediverse is by the people, #osm is the equivalent in maps. Where Google, instead of Twitter is the evil empire. #streetcomplete