From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-11-01 22:13, AJL wrote:   
   > On 11/1/25 12:47 PM, Jim Jackson wrote:   
   >   
   >> Why use google maps?   
   >>   
   >> I strongly recommend OSMAND+ available on FDroid. You down load the   
   >> map info for the regions you require and all your map use is local to   
   >> your phone, even route planning and directions.   
   >>   
   >> And frankly google maps suck! The actual mapping is not that useful   
   >> and omits lots of info - it relies on you choosing to plan a route to   
   >> your destination, calculated at google, so that google has even more   
   >> info about you.   
   >   
   > It's been a few years since I took a trip so things may be different now.   
   > But what I really liked about Google was the road warnings. Speed traps,   
   > real time traffic conditions ahead, etc. And it takes a lot of regular   
   > people on the road ahead to enter those warnings into Google. I've never   
   > used the competition but wonder if there is enough folks using them to   
   > provide adequate warnings. Or do they even have the capability?   
      
   TomTom does, to some extent. Depends on the city. You have to pay for   
   this service, maybe (not sure). And agree to share your own data,   
   otherwise you do not receive the aggregate information they generate.   
   But the information they collect stays solely inside TomTom.   
      
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