I did move last week and it’s such a difference. A clean refreshing interface without all the clutter, also much snappier, maps don’t take time to refresh.

You can download maps while having WiFi connection and, for a start, focus on the maps of the country you are staying in at the moment.

CoMaps has optional 3D view of buildings and surprised me with how few features it has, yet exactly the features one needs. That way the interface is clean while I’m not missing anything.

It even has quick access to Wikipedia articles built in so you get directly information of points you click on.

Object information is down to what you need, like floor level, pbone number, opening times.

Import/Export for all location data.

If someone plans to move to my neighborhood and that one has a record of burning down houses, it’s not a good idea to give it a chance.

Let’s start with Facebook first, the platform that made a walled garden out of

• messengers (went from XMPP to walled garden)
• websites (businesses having facebook pages rather than freely accessible websites)
• used product markets
• online communities
• email (sending email to a Facebook user is converted into a private message on Facebook rather than sending out the email, at least that was a thing in the past)
• … (insert any Facebook service here)

You can’t trust Facebook, it’s about turning its users into a product for marketers, and that’s it.

There is a downside: Because many people don’t see the negative long-term effects, Facebook will have enough time to influence and dominate the Fediverse in a negative way. The masses don’t see what Facebook is doing in the long run.

There’s also not much reason to federate with Facebook. Sign up there if you like that network.