Alternatives to GNOME Maps
A map application for the GNOME desktop that searches places and plans routes using OpenStreetMap data. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
GNOME Maps
A map application for the GNOME desktop that searches places and plans routes using OpenStreetMap data.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as GNOME Maps.
Marble
A KDE virtual globe and world atlas that zooms from a desktop globe to OpenStreetMap street level.
Marble is a KDE open-source globe and atlas on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android, with drag-and-drop routing but no turn-by-turn navigation.
OpenStreetMap
A collaboratively edited world map you can browse, search, route on and edit in a browser.
OpenStreetMap's website runs in any browser with built-in routing on the same open data, but it has no offline use.
Navit
A modular turn-by-turn car navigation system that works fully offline with OpenStreetMap-based maps.
Navit is an open-source offline car navigator for Linux, Windows and Android with spoken directions, though its interface looks dated.
Google Maps
Google's map and navigation service with live traffic, transit directions and Street View.
Google Maps adds live traffic, Street View and extensive business listings on web and mobile, but it is proprietary and tied to Google's data collection.
Bing Maps
Microsoft's web map with driving, transit and walking directions, live traffic and aerial imagery.
Bing Maps is a proprietary browser map from Microsoft with driving, transit and walking directions, live traffic and aerial imagery.
Also worth comparing
These listings name GNOME Maps as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Citymapper
A transport app that plans journeys across buses, trains, bikes and other modes in major cities.
GNOME Maps is a free, open-source Linux desktop app with pedestrian and transit route planning on OpenStreetMap data, with fewer features than commercial services.
Moovit
A public transport app with trip planning, real-time arrivals and service alerts in many cities.
GNOME Maps is a free, open-source Linux desktop app that plans public transit and pedestrian routes using OpenStreetMap data, with fewer features than large commercial services.
Yandex Maps
A web map for finding places and planning routes by public transport, car or on foot.
GNOME Maps is an open-source Linux desktop app using OpenStreetMap data for place search and pedestrian and transit routes, with fewer features.
Öffi
An Android app for public transport journeys, live departures and network plans across Europe and beyond.
GNOME Maps is a free, open-source Linux desktop app with public transit and pedestrian route planning based on OpenStreetMap data, rather than an Android phone app.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
OsmAnd
An open-source offline map and navigation app based on OpenStreetMap, for driving, cycling and hiking.
CoMaps
A community-led fork of Organic Maps offering offline OpenStreetMap navigation with a focus on privacy.
Headway
A self-hostable maps stack with search and routing, powered by OpenStreetMap data.
OpenTripPlanner
An open-source multimodal trip planning server that combines transit, walking, cycling and driving routes.
Nominatim
An open-source geocoder that finds places by name or address and addresses by coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
Google Earth
A free 3D globe with high-resolution imagery, historical imagery layers and guided Voyager stories.
