I’ve been playing around with Google Maps lately to create custom maps.
I don’t like google but have no experience with any other apps and have never tried mapping of any sort before.
I’m trying to create a map layer(s) that has historic sites, stone circles, woodland, cemeteries, UNESCO sites etc. So if I’m traveling I can stop and see them.
I’ve created my own Google Map using lists of sites from Wikipedia. This has gone ok but leads to a lot of data cleansing and the functionality isn’t great.
I’ve seen this website but it isn’t as complete as the Wikipedia text lists ive imported: https://www.hmdb.org/
I’m completely new to this and have no experience. Are there any good resources out there for me to use or contribute to?
I’d like to de-google as much as possible.
P.S. do I need to enable developer mode or root my phone to install open street map now?
Thanks!
I use OSMand website to prepare and plan: routes and POI in folders for certain trips. Then I sync that to OSMand to have it on mobile. I think it’s part of the paid subscription.
no rooting necessary, you install one of these apps and you start using osMaps ☞
- https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus/
- https://f-droid.org/packages/app.organicmaps/ or https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps
organicMaps is simpler, easier to use for navigation. OSM+ is more customizable with lots of options and modes to choose from
to contribute easily ☞ https://f-droid.org/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/
they are probably available on playStore too but you wrote you wanted to degoogle
Umap can do what you want and it’s based on openstreetmap.
