Comment by ๐ŸŒฒ Half_Elf_Monk

Re: "No Google? No Maps! No Friends ๐Ÿ"

In: s/Degoogled_Phones

It'd be great to have a FOSS app that could take a link, access google/apple maps API, and output the geo/physical (user configurable) address to my maps program. Wouldn't have to be manual, and it could run through a proxy/orbot. I don't know of one that exists, but if someone makes it please lmk.

๐ŸŒฒ Half_Elf_Monk

2024-02-18 ยท 2 years ago

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๐Ÿš€ Bazmatazable [OP] ยท 2025-07-13 at 06:43:

The app exists now: https://github.com/jakubvalenta/geoshare

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๐Ÿš€ Bazmatazable:

No Google? No Maps! No Friends ๐Ÿ โ€” TLDR; We rely too heavily on links to convey and discuss locations and it is not universally interoperable. If it wasn't for Google's obvious monopoly we would have solved this already. ๐Ÿ“ฑ I've been using LineageOS for about a year now with very few complaints. I actually installed LineageOS , then GrapheneOS, then LineagOS and then LineageOS again on the same phone as I figured out how to get an OS that meets my needs (and also figure out what I actually *...

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