King@lemy.lol to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoAre there any free and open-source navigation apps for Android, under 50MB?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareAre there any free and open-source navigation apps for Android, under 50MB?King@lemy.lol to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewmassingham@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·edit-28 months agoI can’t think of any reason the backend can’t be open-source too.
minus-squarethejevans@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 months agoIt costs money to host something like that. You want low latency, real-time routing and tile-rendering? Even more money. Sure, it could be funded by donations or something like that, but I’m not holding my breath.
minus-squarethejevans@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoIf you’re willing to spend all the money on setting up and running a server, why not just spend way less money to get more phone storage and use OSM?
I can’t think of any reason the backend can’t be open-source too.
It costs money to host something like that. You want low latency, real-time routing and tile-rendering? Even more money. Sure, it could be funded by donations or something like that, but I’m not holding my breath.
Could be self hosted
If you’re willing to spend all the money on setting up and running a server, why not just spend way less money to get more phone storage and use OSM?