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CoMaps Release 2025.10.09 - Improved bike & car routing, search, and map styles (www.comaps.app)
submitted 1 week ago by lens0021@programming.dev to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml
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[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Fuck yeah!

[–] julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I just now heard about comaps and read about their origin on the website. Does it have the contributors behind them to supersede Organic Maps? What is happening to Organic Maps? I am at the moment donating to them.

[–] shoki@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

2025: Governance issues and community concerns not addressed by company shareholders stalled the development of Organic Maps for months.

2025: The CoMaps community & non-profit project was founded by former Organic Maps contributors, based on the Organic Maps source code.

https://www.comaps.app/about-us/

[–] julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, I read that, but it might be a little bit biased coming from the project itself. Open source is do-cracy, so it is very important to have core contributors onboard.

[–] marcie@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Based on commits both projects have a core dev team of around 5 members, organic maps has a lot more small contributors however likely because its an older and more known project. Comaps seems to be solving more important issues with routing though imo

[–] ivanbranco@en.osm.town 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@julianwgs @lens0021 If you’re interested in diving deeper into the topic, this (looong) thread is a worthwhile read: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/organic-maps-open-letter/128851