CoMaps has been my main map for a while now after using Organic Maps, and traffic calculation has alwsys been a downside of open source projects like these.

I recently stumbled upon Vela Maps, an open source app that uses Open Street Maps, and integrates Google Maps’ traffic analytics and place search “anonymously” (logged out browser queries). Not degoogled, but a nice option. How do they do this? What does the CoMaps community think?

  • Anachu@leminal.spaceEnglish
    15·
    6 days ago

    It is in beta and I am one person, so it has bugs. I build it with heavy use of AI assistants and test it on real phones. It is GPLv3 so it can outlive me, and I will never charge money for it.

    So it’s a vibe coded map app that just asks Google for traffic data? you might as well just use Google maps in your browser if it’s that big of a deal for you

    • vas@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      To be honest, from the point that you start using google, reliability goes down so much that the usage of AI on top becomes less of a bottleneck. E.g. the bugs would more frequently bite you that originate from google’s actions than AI code. Like the struggle of yt-dlp and NewPipe with YouTube.

      Plus, I feel a bit bad expecting people to dig through proprietary google interfaces.

      That being said, I’d still skip the project because I’d rather stick with FOSS. Maybe if I’d drive a car instead of a bike, I’d feel different, but as it is now, I can easily stay with CoMaps.