Route planning without data tracking: Qwant Maps


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  • Friday, 12 Jul 2019

Qwant Maps follows the same data protection approach as the Qwant search engine and promises not to track users or save their queries and routes. — dpa

The search engine Qwant has developed its own map service. Qwant Maps is based on data from the Open Street Map project and allows users to search locations or view routes on their computer or smartphone.

The maps service follows the same data protection approach as the Qwant search engine and promises not to track users or save their queries and routes.

However, if you want to use personalized data and store favourite locations or routes, you can use Qwant's associated service Masq – this stores the data in encrypted form on your device.

The quantity of information available on the maps is impressive, whether it's shops, campsites, clubs, pharmacies, banks, supermarkets, restaurants, cinemas, bus stops, petrol stations or schools.

However, this is still the beta version of the map service so one important detail is missing – house numbers. That makes meaningful route planning difficult or even impossible in some cases. – dpa

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