New OSM based Map Website.

We use open data from OSM.org , a platform with over a million volunteers world wide, updating the map, roads, locations etc in their area. This includes any shops.

Hopefully it keeps alive and does not die (like similar Qwant Maps)

  • infeeeeeEnglish
    71·
    7 hours ago

    If I click on a big chain supermarket (Lidl, Aldi or Spar) I get this message and I can’t see opening hours:

    Our filter indicates this a corporation or chain, which we don’t support.

    Why a map app wants to decide which stores I should go to? I want to decide what corporations I hate, please don’t tell me how to live my life.

    Since Qwant is down I started to use https://osmapp.org as a replacement. Not as polished as Qwant was, but clickable POIs on the default vector layer, with most important info visible.

    Edit:

    I found this in the FAQ:

    Q - After searching locations, some are shown with a red dot.

    A - These are for locations that are corporate or chains, and don’t show any information about the place. We do this because on our map we support fair policies, and shops whose primary target is to make a living by serving products.

    It assumes wrongly that small shops are always better. I live in a big city where nearly all local shops are owned by local oligarchs, AND the prices are higher and quality is worse than in international chains. So the profit will go to a wrong place either way, so my choice is my wallet, but this app wants to force me against that. No, thank you.