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CoMaps and its community at the end of 2025

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A big thanks to everyone who made this possible. And a request for help

CoMaps is now about 6 months old and between this and the end of the year, we want to reflect a bit about where we are s…
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Mapping offline with CoMaps and Every Door

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How to contribute to OpenStreetMap when off the grid

This blog post was originally published on my blog on November 21, 2025, under a CC BY-SA license. For the first half of…
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A living map of Zion National Park

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Enjoying the wilderness with a map of Zion National Park

Zion National Park is a huge wasteland, which is what makes it so interesting. The park has peaks thousands of feet high…
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Improving OpenStreetMap through CoMaps notes

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How you can help to improve OpenStreetMap - and thus CoMaps - by reviewing open notes

CoMaps is only possible thanks to the global, collective efforts of the thousands of contributors to OpenStreetMap. And …
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Improving routing data by correcting 1% of errors

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How navigation apps take penalties into account

The original French version of this was published as an OSM diary entry. How navigation apps take penalties into account…
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How I designed the logo for CoMaps - and the lesson it taught me

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A longer version of this blog post, including more in-between design stages, was originally published on my blog on Sept…
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Why I Use CoMaps to Find Hiking Areas Near Me

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CoMaps is My Preferred Hiking App

There are many hiking areas near me, which is nice because I like taking hikes out in nature preserves from time to time…
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The diversity of OpenStreetMap tools and how they help create a commons

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This blog post was originally published on my blog on August 11, 2025, under a CC BY-SA license. Last weekend was the 21…
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RebootPrivacy: CoMaps, a free and open-source alternative to big tech navigation. Offline, privacy-focused and beautiful!

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Unlock the Freedom of Offline Travel with CoMaps In a world where data is collected at every turn, it's easy to forget h…
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Why Global Travelers Are Switching to Community-Powered Maps

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Mobile navigation apps often depend on constant connectivity and user tracking, CoMaps offers a refreshing alternative. …
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