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Magic Earth - Completely Free and Privacy Respecting Turn-by-turn navigation, OpenStreetMap, Crowd-Sourced Traffic, 3D maps, Satellite maps, Offline maps for iOS and Android (www.magicearth.com)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Magic Earth uses OpenStreetMap data and a powerful search engine to offer you the optimal routes for driving, biking, hiking, and public transportation. They don't track you, nor do they profile you. They don't trade in your personal data, and they don't collect it (as stated in the Apple app privacy statement).

Interestingly it also has an AI function built in if you activate the camera to use it as a dashcam, with Driver Assistance warnings such as avoiding collisions, lane departure warnings, stop and go assist, etc.

It also has support for Apple CarPlay as well as Apple Watch. If there are any incorrect map issues you can fix those yourself using OpenStreetMap.

See https://www.magicearth.com/

#technology #magicearth #navigation #android #iOS

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I was aware of its existence, but it's a proprietary App with no business model, so I'm pretty sure that even though it is great today, I'm pretty sure it won't stay that way for long.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

The app has been around a number of years already and I'm suspecting that, like open source companies do, they have other paid services that keep them running as this is not all that they do. Seems they enterprise services based around 3D terrain mapping etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

Yeah, they seem to sell services for car GPS systems and such, so I guess having an app that goes with it is a great selling point.