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submitted 1 year ago by oleg_rswll@sopuli.xyz to c/CoMaps@sopuli.xyz

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We're proud to reveal the logo for CoMaps — designed and chosen by the community.

From maps to code to design, CoMaps is 100% community-powered — and this logo is no different. It’s a symbol of what we’re building together: free, open, and offline map navigation for everyone.

The winning logo was created by @Flummic. The initial round had 21 logos submitted, resulting in 6 finalists, followed by an iteration process where people collaborated to make improvements (https://codeberg.org/comaps/Governance/issues/78).

Thank you to everyone who shaped this milestone. We’re just getting started.

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[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago

I like it, though just the text was kinda growing on me

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I think it's clever. You can see both the C and the O from Co in it, with the pointer inside indicating it's a mapping app, so it sort of spells out CoMaps as a logo

[-] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 15 points 1 year ago

neat!

[-] bvoigtlaender@feddit.org 12 points 1 year ago

Like it, nothing too special, it doesn't have to be though. Its clean looking and i think most people will not hate it which is great!

[-] astro_ray@piefed.social 10 points 1 year ago

I voted for the needle logo. I am sad it did not win.

[-] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 7 points 1 year ago

Can some1 pls give me a tldrd (too long didnt read drama) of the organic maps vs copmaps situation?

[-] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 13 points 1 year ago

OrganicMaps is tied to a small for-profit business.

Few people wrote an open letter asking for guarantees on the freedom of the project. It was overlooked.

Then the project was forked.

[-] Numenor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Few people or a few people?

[-] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Yes.

[-] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

A few, but they are also few.

[-] oleg_rswll@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

While portraying Organic Maps as a community-driven project, shareholders were making decisions behind closed doors - a Kayak ad affiliate link was added, parts of the open-source code was hidden, and shareholders are leaving the door open for selling the company and pocketing profit from contributor work (this would likely go the unfortunate route of Maps.Me).

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

I don't get it either. I use organic maps as my main map thing, and I don't get what happens here. It just works.

[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Congrats!

[-] Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Does this work with android auto?

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Organicmaps had support for it, so i dont see why it would have disappeared after the fork. I have no idea how android auto even works tho so idk lol

[-] QueenFern@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can't get it to work running GrapheneOS, and I've tried all suggestions I could find anyway, including a hidden settings menu and downloading it from PlayStore instead of FDroid. Still can't get er going.

[-] oleg_rswll@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

It only works with Android Auto from the Play Store, it's a Google requirement. It's possible that GrapheneOS may have services turned off which are needed for it. We can help at support@comaps.app

[-] brunoqc@piefed.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Nice. Are you going to replace the "?" icon in the app with the logo? I kinda wish that button would be removed to make the ui simpler/leaner.

[-] Zwiebel@feddit.org 13 points 1 year ago

1000096215

[-] brunoqc@piefed.ca 3 points 1 year ago

That's perfect. Thanks!

[-] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Yes. They are going to replace the ? with the new logo: https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/pulls/862

[-] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Excellent. One of the ones I was hoping for. Clean and pretty nifty.

[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Looks really nice. Good branding is so important. This will certainly help people get more people on board, but I hope it's even more than expected.

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

Not one of the 2 I would have preferred but fine

[-] lemmyuser68@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Cool

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Revolutionary

[-] sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Nice.

[-] ter_maxima@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago

I forgot to vote but that's the one I was going to vote for 😂

[-] yoriaiko@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

They have "GoMaps Lego"? like, some navigation with lego render layer that turns everything into lego buildings... woah impressive! gonna see that... oh, my eyes needs sleep!

oh, that even wasn't G

[-] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

It's not blue! Hurray!

[-] ijon_the_human@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Why not let a graphics designer do it?

(Just curious)

[-] threeganzi@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Anyone was welcome to submit suggestions, including graphic designers.

[-] oleg_rswll@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

There is no graphic designer at CoMaps, anyone was welcome to submit a design, including designers, and a few of the logos in the first round were by designers.

this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2025

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