Giacomo Tesio@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social
Great project I didn't know about.
How does #CoMaps compares with #OrganicMapsB
meek cynics@giacomo@snac.tesio.it, please see https://www.comaps.app/news/2025-05-12/3
Cc: @gedankenstuecke@scholar.social
Giacomo Tesio@cnx@awkward.place
well I think this is #freesoftware working at its best: I'm not deep enough in the #OrganicMaps' politics to know who is right and who is wrong, but forks are always welcome, in my opinion.
#Diversity is #resilience.
@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social
Bastian Greshake Tzovaras@cnx@awkward.place @giacomo@snac.tesio.it OM is unfortunately not really FOSS anymore(?) as necessary parts of their map generator is not openly published/licensed.
Otherwise, here's an update of where CoMaps is today: https://www.comaps.app/news/2025-12-16/comaps-and-its-community-end-of-2025/ and differences to OM are also here in terms of features: https://www.comaps.app/support/how-do-the-features-differ-from-those-of-organic-maps/
Giacomo Tesio@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social
Very interesting.
May I ask a couple of questions about your python scripts? #RTFM is a valid response, but I'm not at pc now...
1) is it possible to keep track of maps' updates?
2) what the difference between #OpenStreetMaps' maps, the ones from #CoMaps and the one from #OrganicMaps (I didn't know there was a dedicated organic maps server, I thought all maps were from open street maps!)
3) I see the server.py "just" wraps an #HTTPServer: is it possible to publish the downloaded maps on a public (static) shared hosting to be shared with friends?
Given how cheap is shared web hosting these days, this feature might turn #CoMaps to one of the best #privacy preserving tools for people and small communities!
@cnx@awkward.place
Giacomo Tesio@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social
Very interesting.
May I ask a couple of questions about your python scripts? #RTFM is a valid response, but I'm not at pc now...
1) is it possible to keep track of maps' updates?
2) what the difference between #OpenStreetMaps' maps, the ones from #CoMaps and the one from #OrganicMaps (I didn't know there was a dedicated organic maps server, I thought all maps were from open street maps!)
3) I see the server.py "just" wraps an #HTTPServer: is it possible to publish the downloaded maps on a public (static) shared hosting to be shared with friends?
Given how cheap is shared web hosting these days, this feature might turn #CoMaps to one of the best #privacy preserving tools for people and small communities!
@cnx@awkward.place