Request to include gnome-maps by default in F22

Andreas Nilsson lists at andreasn.se
Thu Mar 26 22:17:26 UTC 2015


On 2015-03-26 22:53, Chris Murphy wrote:
>
> I think it's a good idea, it's a good example of a good app, and it's
> useful, and it helps people avoid being dependent on Google Maps, and
> I think it behaves better than OSM does in a web browser - I think
> it's pulling data from OSM anyway though right?

Yes, it's using OSM for the map itself and Graphhopper [1] for the routing.
For figuring out the current location it's using the Mozilla Location 
Service [2]

1. https://github.com/graphhopper/graphhopper
2. https://location.services.mozilla.com/

- Andreas


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