Just wow... I've been lamenting for years that #GoogleMaps is the prime mechanism for #plannedObsolescence on #android. Every time they overbloat the app to the point where my phone can no longer usefully display it, I need a new phone.
But now they seem to be bloating it to the point where my 4 core/8 thread ryzen laptop cannot open it anymore without grinding to a halt?! Wtf?
Antitrust pressure: Google opens Android infotainment to third-party providers
At the urging of the German Federal Cartel Office, Google has agreed to change the conditions for use in car infotainment.
Druck von Kartellamt: Google öffnet Android-Infotainment für Dritte
Google hat sich auf Drängen des Bundeskartellamts dazu bereiterklärt, die Auflagen für die Nutzung im Auto-Infotainment zu verändern.
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Kurzer #Servicepost-Faden, weil wir immer wieder sehen, dass den Leuten beim Schreiben von #GoogleRezensionen nicht klar ist, was die Folgen sein können:
Negative Behauptungen NUR dann öffentlich aufstellen, wenn Ihr auch gerichtsfest beweisen könnt, dass eure Behauptungen stimmen. Denn die Beweislast für die Richtigkeit tragt regelmäßig Ihr als Verfasser*in!
7 Hidden #GoogleMaps Features You Need to Know for the Easiest #Travel Experience
Google Business Profile performance report with new "messaging clicks" data https://www.seroundtable.com/google-business-profiles-message-clicks-report-39207.html via @brandonschmidt
Google Maps spam numbers (seems like more like a mess if you've been in the local SEO space for the past months):
- Blocked 240 Million Fake Reviews
- Blocked 70 Million Fake Edits
- Blocked 12 Million Fake Listings
- Posted 900,000 review restrictions
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-maps-spam-fighting-2024-39186.html
#googlemaps #spam #googlespam #googlebusinessprofiles
On one hand I'm tempted to turn off the notifications from the #GoogleMaps app suggesting I should contribute edits and become a 'Local Guide'... 
...but every time they send me a notification, it's a reminder to open the @everydoor app and submit some contributions to #OpenStreetMap instead 
■ Un experto en marketing señala cuál es el problema de esta emblemática hamburguesería de Madrid ■ Le llueven las críticas en comentarios.
https://www.huffingtonpost.es/virales/un-experto-marketingnala-cual-problema-emblematica-hamburgueseria-madrid.html?int=MASTODON_WORLD
So for some reason I'd like to know how long it takes to drive from Bayreuth to Cologne and I want to use alternatives to #GoogleMaps in #Germany.
#osmapp doesn't find Bayreuth even.
#MapCarta does better, but doesn't know Köln, the German name of Cologne. Think normal users, not nerds – they won't know the English names of these German cities that have English names, at least not of smaller ones.
#OpenStreetMap.de can do it.
However, openstreetmap.de does not have any sweet scraped meta data such as opening hours of places, or photos.
It's going to be a long way to a good Google Maps replacement.
Decided to try #Osmand app instead of #GoogleMaps and it sure was a confusing first run experience. I'm still not sure if I set it up correctly AND felt like I had to sign up to Pro to get this far. 
I've recently started being very interested in #OpenStreetMap 
and have tried various #OSM apps.
The #GoogleMaps feature that I miss in OSM is clicking on a place and seeing a list of reviews and photos of the place.
Is there a project built on top of OSM that adds the functionally of adding reviews, and/or easily uploading photos of a place? And an app that shows these reviews and/or photos?
@RantyHighwayman in random other thoughts, any idea why the LA uses #GoogleMaps for that, rather than, say, #OrdnanceSurvey? Is it just what the office had to hand, or is Google the go-to in local gov?
Auch iOS-Navigations-App defaultmäßig wählbar: Google Maps statt Apple Maps
Die EU macht's möglich: Nach WhatsApp für Telefonie und Textnachrichten kann man nun auch Google Maps als iPhone-Karten-Standard festlegen.
@antonyh i moved to some #openstreetmap wrapper from #googlemaps
For some reason Google is promoting the Google Maps app on its desktop interface (like it needs promotion???) https://www.seroundtable.com/google-maps-desktop-promoting-mobile-app-38673.html via @b4k_khushal
Google local knowledge panels with AI review summaries that you can report https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-review-summaries-local-panels-39166.html via @AmyToman
La ROM Android alternative « eOS » (@e_mydata ) a choisi l'appli #Magic_Earth pour la navigation via #GPS.
https://doc.e.foundation/maps
Non libre, mais un compromis selon eux. Je l'utilise régulièrement.
Et au rayon vraiment Libre : #OSM_And @osmandapp
https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus
For some reason, Mastodon pushed a #map of #capybara's in my face earlier today. It looked limited to only a few countries and was based on #GoogleMaps, so I quickly hacked together a small @MapComplete theme: https://mapcomplete.org/theme.html?z=12.4&lat=50.582806254983154&lon=3.883637166368544&userlayout=https%3A%2F%2Fstudio.mapcomplete.org%2F3818858%2Fthemes%2Fcapybara%2Fcapybara.json
Google Maps wird KI-gestützt: Neues Feature erkennt Orte auf Screenshots und plant Routen. Reiseplanung leicht gemacht. #GoogleMaps #KI https://winfuture.de/news,149928.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia
