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PSA: the OpenStreetMap-community has arrived to Lemmy as well (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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HI all,

Sorry for spamming, but seeing that the other OSM-post got quite some traction, I wanted to point out that the OSM-community here is coming to life as well.

You can post your beginner questions into the newbie friday thread or brag about your mapping projects into the showoff sunday thread

At last, please post OSM-related content over there! We need to get this party started...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've purchased OSMAnd on Android and I love it. But would like to try out Organic Maps.

I wonder: Is there a way to share the maps between the two? Or am I forced to keep both copies?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. Both package the same OSM-data, but they use a different binary format.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's a shame! Maybe there's a place for an "OSMService", serving maps to apps.

"MApps"?