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)

  • balsoft@lemmy.ml
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    3 hours ago

    For usable public transport routing the router would need to know the timetable, and that data is not available in osm.

    Not necessarily. At least here, transit (metro + buses) is typically rapid enough that you don’t have to worry about timetables much, unless you’re really in a hurry; I’ve done a few trips using OsmAnd’s public transport routing and it worked just fine, and it doesn’t know about timetables.

    Also, most towns publish not only their timetables but often the live locations of their buses & trains with GTFS; I wish more apps supported it, at least by offering to manually add the URL of the transit operator you’re using.

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      3 hours ago

      Yes, it’s possible, and there are few examples, the point is it’s much more complex to implement it than just slapping router on top of the map.

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        3 hours ago

        Sure, I appreciate that it’s more complicated due to there not being a connected road graph in the same way as there is for other modes of transport. But at the very least showing the main transit arteries (metro & light rail) prominently would already go a long way, if nothing else than to help identify places by their nearest transit stop.

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          2 hours ago

          There is also a Transit layer on osmapp :)