Possibly linux to [email protected]English • 2 years agoOsmAnd maps is greatosmand.netmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up182
arrow-up182external-linkOsmAnd maps is greatosmand.netPossibly linux to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 years agoIs there a way to make it pull some data on road closures from google maps? There’s a lot of construction on my way to work right now so I rely on google maps to pick the fastest routes, which it does well. OSM just doesn’t have the data to do that.
minus-squarePossibly linuxOPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoOsmand can’t use google data because its proprietary. What I do is I just give myself extra time to get to my destination.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoWith osm I take the shortcuts that are not on google.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoI was hoping it could be scraped somehow, but yeah, that’s very non-trivial for something like maps.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•edit-22 years agoOSM is just map data. No navigation. You can add any routing engine, the problem is, google does not share that data.
Is there a way to make it pull some data on road closures from google maps? There’s a lot of construction on my way to work right now so I rely on google maps to pick the fastest routes, which it does well. OSM just doesn’t have the data to do that.
Gmaps WV
Osmand can’t use google data because its proprietary.
What I do is I just give myself extra time to get to my destination.
With osm I take the shortcuts that are not on google.
I was hoping it could be scraped somehow, but yeah, that’s very non-trivial for something like maps.
OSM is just map data. No navigation. You can add any routing engine, the problem is, google does not share that data.