CoMaps is a community-led maps and navigation application built around OpenStreetMap data.
It’s a fork of Organic Maps, itself derived from Maps.Me, with a focus on offline use, privacy, transparent governance, and not-for-profit community development. The app is designed for driving, cycling, walking, and outdoor navigation, with support for downloadable maps that continue working without an active internet connection.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Provides downloadable offline maps based on OpenStreetMap data.
- Offers route planning and voice-guided navigation for driving, walking, and cycling.
- Includes offline search by name, address, and point-of-interest category.
- Provides outdoor-oriented map details including hiking trails, campsites, water sources, peaks, and contour lines.
- Shows walking paths, cycleways, points of interest, and subway transit information.
- Supports bookmarks for saving favorite places.
- Includes track recording.
- Imports and exports bookmarks and tracks in KML, KMZ, and GPX formats.
- Includes a basic built-in editor for improving map data.
- Cross-platform support – runs in Linux, Android, iOS, and macOS.
Website: codeberg.org/comaps/comaps
Support:
Developer: CoMaps Contributors
License: Apache License 2.0
CoMaps is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials. There is platform-specific code in Java for Android and Objective-C/Swift for iOS.
Related Software
| Mapping Tools | |
|---|---|
| Organic Maps | Offline maps & GPS app for hiking, cycling, biking, and driving |
| QGIS | GIS that supports vector, raster, and database formats |
| Marble | Virtual globe and world atlas |
| Placemark | Web-based tool for geospatial data |
| JOSM | Extensible editor for OpenStreetMap |
| Kadas Albireo | Mapping application based on QGIS targeted at non-specialized users |
| GNOME Maps | Find places around the world |
| VersaTiles | Generate, process, store, serve, and render map tiles |
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