Google Maps Alternatives and How to Switch Without Losing Your Data

The main alternatives to Google Maps are apps built on OpenStreetMap, the open, community edited map of the world (Organic Maps, CoMaps and OsmAnd are three widely used ones), plus Apple Maps on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Before you switch, export your Timeline from the Google Maps app on each phone and your saved places through Google Takeout, then download offline regions in the new app and run both side by side for a week or two.

The rest of this guide covers what each alternative does with your data, quoted from its own privacy policy, where navigation and offline use differ, the export and deletion steps from Google's and Apple's help pages, and how to fix the map yourself. Every step comes from an official page linked under Sources.

Key takeaways

• OpenStreetMap is a map database, not an app. It is open data under the Open Database License, and many independent apps render and route on top of it.
• Organic Maps and CoMaps state in their privacy policies that they do not track you or collect personal data. OsmAnd collects some non personal statistics and ties map download records to a random identifier, which you can switch off in its General settings.
• Apple Maps does not require sign in, and Apple says synced items such as Visited Places and Guides are end to end encrypted when you sign in with two factor authentication.
• Google Maps Timeline now lives on each device. Export it from each phone before you reset or replace that phone, because a factory reset deletes the on device copy.
• Offline maps differ a lot: Google's offline areas cover driving directions only, while Apple Maps and the OSM apps route offline for more modes.
• What you lose is mostly live data: dense business listings, reviews and, in OSM apps, live traffic. What you gain is less location data leaving your phone and, in the open source apps, code you can inspect.
• Your exported location history is highly sensitive. Encrypt it and delete stray copies.

What are the main Google Maps alternatives?

There are two broad routes. The first is an app built on OpenStreetMap (OSM). The second is another large commercial map, which on Apple devices means Apple Maps. Some navigation apps sit in between, with a commercial business model and their own privacy commitments.

This table compares the options by criteria rather than ranking them. Which one fits depends on whether you care most about privacy, offline use, live traffic or business listings.

Every privacy claim above is the provider's own statement, not an independent audit. Policies change, so check the date on each: the CoMaps policy we read is marked effective 19 September 2026, and the Organic Maps policy 24 April 2021.

What is OpenStreetMap, and why do so many alternatives use it?

OpenStreetMap describes itself as a map built by "a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data" about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations and more, all over the world. It emphasises local knowledge: contributors use aerial imagery, GPS devices and simple field notes to keep it accurate.

The important part for anyone leaving Google is the licence. OSM data is published under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. In short, you can copy, distribute and adapt the data for any purpose as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors, and if you alter or build on the data you may only share the result under the same licence. That is why an app developer can take the whole world map, compile it into compact offline files and ship it in a free app without negotiating a commercial data deal.

Three consequences follow.

1. Many apps, one map. If a footpath is missing in one OSM based app, it is usually missing in all of them, and fixing it in OSM fixes it for everyone after their next data update.
2. The data can live on your phone. Because the data is open, apps can bundle entire countries for offline use. Search and routing then run on the device, which means your queries do not have to leave it.
3. Quality depends on local mappers. Areas with active communities are often more detailed than commercial maps for paths, trails, benches, bike lanes and building entrances. Areas with few mappers can lag behind, especially for business details such as opening hours.

The openstreetmap.org website is run by the OpenStreetMap Foundation on behalf of the community, and is where you view and edit the map.

OpenStreetMap apps compared

Organic Maps

Organic Maps calls itself a privacy focused offline maps and GPS app for hiking, cycling and driving, built by the people who created MapsWithMe, later Maps.Me. Its site lists offline OpenStreetMap maps, hiking and cycling trails, contour lines and elevation profiles, turn by turn walking, cycling and car navigation with voice guidance and CarPlay and Android Auto support, metro maps, fast offline search, Wikipedia articles for popular places, and bookmark import and export in KML or KMZ, GPX and GeoJSON.

The project says the app supports all of its features without an internet connection, and it reached 6 million installs in December 2025. It is free, has no ads, and is funded by donations and targeted grants, including one from the NLnet Foundation's NGI0 Entrust Fund. The code is under the Apache License 2.0.

CoMaps

CoMaps is a community fork of Organic Maps and Maps.Me, with its code on Codeberg. Its site describes offline search and routing by foot, bike or car with voice announcements, an outdoor mode that highlights hiking trails, campsites and water sources, contour lines, offline Wikipedia articles and a public transport layer for a growing list of cities. It says the app "does not track you, and does not collect any information."

Its privacy policy adds a practical detail: support log files you email may contain GPS coordinates or bookmarks, so you can send them to yourself and edit them first. Volunteers delete closed requests after a year.

OsmAnd

OsmAnd is the most feature dense of the three and has a steeper learning curve. Its site lists fully offline maps of any region, turn by turn voice guidance with lane guidance and speed limit warnings, automatic rerouting, address and category search, bicycle and pedestrian modes, public transport stops, trip recording to GPX, and contour lines and hillshading through a plugin. It says maps are updated monthly, with hourly updates available through OsmAnd Live, and it can also display online raster tile maps if you choose.

OsmAnd's privacy policy is more detailed than most. In summary, it aggregates non personal data such as installs, device models, countries, language and downloaded maps. Map download records are tied to a unique identifier and include the IP address, time and regions, though it says nothing is collected for maps you install manually. Screen statistics are off by default. It reads install attribution once after installation (the Play install referrer on Android, Apple's AdServices token on iOS), and says this stops when you turn off sending the identifier in General settings. OsmAnd Cloud, the sync feature for OsmAnd Pro subscribers, stores your email and the data you choose to sync, and the policy says deleted data is removed within a week.

None of this is unusual for a commercial app, and OsmAnd is open about it. If you want the least network traffic, review those General settings after installing.

Is Apple Maps a good Google Maps alternative on iPhone?

If you already use an iPhone, iPad or Mac, Apple Maps is the lowest effort switch. It is preinstalled, it handles live traffic and business listings, and Apple's published privacy page for Maps is unusually specific. According to that page:

• You do not need to sign in to an Apple Account to use Maps.
• If you sign in and have two factor authentication on, items such as Pinned Locations, Recents, Visited Places and Guides sync with end to end encryption, so Apple cannot read them.
• Apple converts precise locations to less exact locations within 24 hours, and for navigation it converts the start of your route to a less exact area.
• Usage metrics are tied to an identifier that rotates multiple times per hour and is not linked to your Apple Account.

Apple's closest feature to Timeline is Visited Places, which Apple says is end to end encrypted, records only places visited after you turn it on, and keeps them for a period you choose. The trade-off is that Apple Maps is a closed product on Apple's platforms; on Android, or to leave platform maps altogether, an OSM app is the route.

How do the alternatives compare on navigation quality?

Here is what tends to change when you leave Google Maps. This is a general guide, and coverage varies by country.

If you rely on live traffic rerouting in congested cities, Apple Maps will feel closer to Google. If you hike, cycle, travel without data, or want location queries to stay on the phone, the OSM apps are strong. Many people keep two apps.

Offline maps: what works without a signal?

Offline capability is one of the clearest differences, and it has privacy value: an app that searches and routes on the device does not send those queries anywhere.

Google Maps. Google says downloads are unavailable in some countries, and offline maps expire; when one will expire in 15 days or less and you are on Wi-Fi, the app tries to update it. Offline, transit, bicycling and walking directions are unavailable, driving gets no traffic or alternate routes, and the whole route must sit inside the downloaded area.

Apple Maps. Apple's iPhone guide says that with a downloaded map you can view place card details such as hours and ratings and get turn by turn directions for driving, walking, cycling or transit, with an estimated arrival time. Offline maps are not available in every country or region, and Automatic Updates is on by default.

Organic Maps and CoMaps. Both are built around offline use. You download a country or region, and search and routing run on the phone.

OsmAnd. Offline is the default. You can also install maps manually, which, according to its privacy policy, means OsmAnd collects no download data for those maps.

Magic Earth. Its pricing page lists offline map downloads and offline voice guidance under the paid Premium tier rather than the free Essential tier.

How do I export my Google Maps location history before switching?

Google moved Timeline to your devices. Its help page says Timeline saves your visits and routes "on each of your signed-in devices," and that edits or deletions on one device are not reflected on others. That has two practical effects. First, you need to export from every phone that has Timeline on. Second, a factory reset or clearing Google Play services data deletes the Timeline stored on that device, so export before you wipe or sell a phone.

Timeline requires Google Maps app version 11.106 or later and is not available on Android Go devices, according to Google.

Export Timeline on Android

Google's steps use the phone's Settings app, not the Maps app:

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap Location, then Location services, then Timeline.
3. Under Timeline, tap Export Timeline data.
4. Tap Continue.
5. Choose where to save the file.
6. Tap Save. When the export finishes, a notification says "Export complete."

Export Timeline on iPhone or iPad

On iOS the export is inside the Google Maps app:

1. Open the Google Maps app.
2. Tap your profile picture or initial, then Settings, then Location & Privacy.
3. Tap Export Timeline data.
4. In the share sheet, tap Save to Files.
5. Pick a location and tap Save.

Google says the exported file is saved as location-history.json.

What about Timeline backups?

Google offers an optional encrypted backup of Timeline to its servers so you can move it between devices. You must opt in separately on each device, and Google says you must turn off auto delete before you can turn on backups. If you are leaving Google Maps, an export is what you want, not a backup: the backup only helps you restore into Google Maps on another device.

If you have backups and plan to leave, delete them once you have your export. On Android, Google's steps are: Google Maps app, your profile picture, Your Timeline, Backup, choose a device under "Your backups", then More, Delete, and Turn off & delete. To remove backups for all devices at once, go to My Google Activity, open the menu next to the backup entry and choose to turn off and delete backups. Google notes that deleting backups does not delete the Timeline saved on your devices.

Saved places, lists and reviews

Timeline is your movement history. Saved places, lists and contributions are account data, exported through Google Takeout. Google's help page describes the flow: sign in and open the Takeout page (products you use are preselected), deselect everything except the Maps related products you want, choose a delivery method (an emailed link, or Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or Box), then select Create export and wait for the email.

Google is explicit that downloading your data does not delete it from Google's servers, and that the archive may miss changes made after your request. If you deliver to a third party storage service, that service's terms then apply, so make sure the destination folder is not shared. We did not confirm the exact Takeout product names and formats for Maps data from an official page in this session, so read the description next to each product before deselecting anything.

What can you do with the exported file?

Google's help page names the iOS export file but does not document its internal format. Before you try to import it anywhere, look at its structure locally. This short Python script prints the top level keys and the first record without uploading anything:

import json, sys

path = sys.argv[1]  # for example: location-history.json
with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
    data = json.load(f)

records = data if isinstance(data, list) else next(
    (v for v in data.values() if isinstance(v, list)), [])
print("Top level type:", type(data).__name__)
print("Records:", len(records))
print(json.dumps(records[:1], indent=2)[:2000])

Run it with python3 inspect_timeline.py location-history.json. Organic Maps imports GPX, KML, KMZ and GeoJSON, so viewing your history there means converting the records you care about first. Many people simply archive the export and start fresh, which is also the more private choice. Either way, do not upload it to an online "Timeline viewer" or converter: the file shows where you live, work and travel.

Step by step: switching from Google Maps

Here is a sequence that avoids losing data and avoids being stranded without navigation.

Step 1: list what you actually use

Write down which Google Maps features you rely on: commuting with traffic, transit directions, saved lists, offline maps, Timeline, location sharing with family. This tells you whether one replacement will do or whether you need two apps.

Step 2: export your data from every device

Run the Timeline export on each phone with Timeline on, then request a Takeout archive for Maps data. Open the files before deleting anything.

Step 3: store the exports safely

Move the files into encrypted storage you control, such as an encrypted disk image or folder on your computer. Then delete the copies left in Downloads, in recent files and in any cloud folder you used as the Takeout destination.

Step 4: install the replacement from its official source

Start from the app's own website: organicmaps.app (which links the App Store, Google Play, Huawei AppGallery, Obtainium, Accrescent and F-Droid), comaps.app (Google Play, the App Store, F-Droid and AppGallery) or osmand.net. Apple Maps is already on Apple devices. App stores carry lookalikes with similar names and icons, and the official link is the simplest way to get the right developer.

Step 5: grant the minimum permissions

Navigation needs location while the app is in use. Map apps rarely need "always" location, contacts or your photo library. Start with "while using the app" and widen it only for a feature you use, such as track recording with the screen off.

Step 6: download offline regions

Download your home region and places you travel often from within the app. In Apple Maps, the iPhone guide's steps are: open Maps, tap your picture or initials next to the search field, tap Offline Maps, then Add Offline Map, choose a location or Current Location, adjust the area and tap Download.

Step 7: rebuild your saved places and run both apps side by side

Recreate your most used places as bookmarks, or import anything you converted to GPX or KML. Then use the new app for every trip for a week or two with Google Maps still installed as a fallback. Note what falls short, such as a missing address or a closed shop still shown; those are things you can fix in OpenStreetMap.

Step 8: turn off and delete Google's location history

Once you are confident, turn off Timeline and delete what Google holds. On Android, Google's steps are: Google Maps app, your profile picture, Your Timeline, More, Location & privacy settings, tap Timeline is on, then choose Turn off or Turn off and delete activity. Google warns that deleted Timeline data is permanently deleted and cannot be recovered, so only do this after Step 3.

Step 9: check the other places Google stores location

Turning off Timeline is not the end. Google's help page says that if Search Services History or Web & App Activity is on, other location data, such as your device's general area and IP address, may still be saved as part of your activity on Search and Maps. It also notes that location can be included in your photos depending on camera settings. Review those settings and your camera's location tagging.

Privacy settings worth changing, whichever app you keep

If you keep Google Maps for some tasks

• Timeline auto delete. Google lets you automatically delete Timeline data older than 3, 18 or 36 months: Google Maps app, your profile picture, Your Timeline, More, Location & privacy settings, Auto-delete Timeline. The same screen offers Delete range of Timeline data.
• Edits sharing. Google says Timeline edits can be shared with Google, a choice managed at My Google Activity. Leave it off if you are minimising what you share.
• Search Services History and Web & App Activity. Google says it is rolling out new settings for Search services, including Maps, and that until they reach you, history for those services is controlled by Web & App Activity. Check both.

If you use Apple Maps

These come from Apple's Maps privacy page and iPhone guide:

• Precise Location. Settings, then Apps, then Maps, then Location, then turn off Precise Location. Turn by turn navigation becomes unavailable.
• Routing & Traffic. Settings, then Privacy & Security, then Location Services, then System Services, then turn off Routing & Traffic to stop contributing anonymous, aggregated routing data.
• Visited Places retention. In Maps, tap Places, then Visited Places, scroll to the bottom and tap Keep Visits to choose how long they are kept. Clear History at the bottom removes them all.
• Significant Locations. Settings, then Privacy & Security, then Location Services, then System Services, then Significant Locations & Routes, then Clear History. Apple says this clears significant locations on every device signed in to the same Apple Account.

If you use an OSM app

Organic Maps and CoMaps state they collect nothing, so location permission is the main setting. In OsmAnd, review the identifier and statistics options in General settings, and skip OsmAnd Cloud if you do not need sync. In any app, online tile or traffic layers send your viewed area to that server.

What are the security trade-offs of switching map apps?

Switching map apps is mostly a privacy decision, but there are real security angles.

• Where the app comes from. An app with location access is a valuable target. Install only through the links on the official project site. Store builds and F-Droid builds are separate channels that may be signed differently, so pick one per device; switching can mean reinstalling and losing local data.
• Sideloading. Obtainium and Accrescent, both listed by Organic Maps, are legitimate routes, but sideloading on Android shifts more of the checking to you. The regular store link from the official site gets you the same open source app.
• Update cadence. Map data updates and app updates are different things. Keep automatic app updates on, because old versions carry old bugs in the libraries they bundle.
• Location permissions. Grant "while using" where you can, and review background access every few months.
• Your exported history. The largest risk in the whole switch is usually the location-history.json file or Takeout archive left in a Downloads folder, a shared cloud folder or an email. Encrypt it and delete stray copies.
• Safety features you rely on. Google Maps location sharing is how some families keep track of each other. An OSM app does not offer live location sharing, so decide what replaces it before you switch.

How do I contribute to OpenStreetMap?

The real upside of an OSM based app is that when the map is wrong, you can fix it. The OSM wiki says more than ten million contributors make OpenStreetMap possible. There are three easy entry points.

1. Leave a note (no account needed)

OSM Notes let anyone, registered or not, mark where the map is wrong or missing something so mappers know where help is needed. On the main openstreetmap.org map, use the note button on the right side toolbar or right click and choose "Add a note here", move the marker to the exact spot and write a short, specific message. The wiki's own example: "path wrong" is useless, while "The east-west path on the map does not exist on the ground" is clear.

The wiki also says not to copy information from other maps or create automated notes.

2. Edit in the browser with iD

iD is the default web editor. The OSM wiki's beginners' guide says that if you are in a hurry, create an account, go to openstreetmap.org, zoom to an area and click Edit; the editor has a built in walkthrough, and the help is available later from the question mark icon or the H key.

3. Answer quests with StreetComplete on Android

StreetComplete shows nearby places where data is missing as quests, such as "Is this street lit?" You answer on site and the app uploads the change to OSM under your account.

Privacy when you contribute

Contributing is public by design. The OSM Foundation's privacy policy says every edit is recorded with your user ID and a timestamp, and that this is generally visible to everyone on the website. Editors such as iD and JOSM may add your device language to changeset metadata, and the editor's version string can reveal the device make and operating system. Choose a display name that is not your real name if that matters to you.

GPS traces are optional. If you upload a trace and mark it public, the raw file with timestamps and any waypoints can be downloaded with your display name attached. The OSMF advises trimming the start and end of a trace to hide where you began and ended before uploading.

The licence you are contributing under

Your edits are published under the Open Database License and the OSM contributor terms, which is what lets every app in this guide use them.

Common mistakes

• Wiping a phone before exporting Timeline, or exporting from one phone only. Timeline is stored per device, and a factory reset deletes it.
• Treating a Timeline backup as an export. The backup only restores into Google Maps; the export is the file you keep.
• Leaving the export in Downloads or a shared cloud folder. Encrypt and move it, then delete the leftovers.
• Uploading location history to an online converter. Convert locally or keep it as an archive.
• Installing a lookalike app. Start from the official website's store link and check the developer name.
• Deleting Timeline but leaving Web & App Activity on. Google says other location data can still be saved there.
• Assuming offline maps cover every mode, or letting them expire. Google's offline areas support driving only and must be updated.
• Copying data from Google Maps into OpenStreetMap. The OSM wiki says not to copy from other maps; use your own observations.

Where Safeguard fits, honestly

Safeguard does not make a map app, replace any consumer service or look at your location history.

The connection is narrower. The apps you install are software supply chains: Organic Maps, CoMaps and OsmAnd are open source projects that bundle dozens of open source libraries, and the same is true of almost every app your organisation builds. Safeguard inventories the open source components in the code and container images that teams build, matches them against vulnerability databases, ranks findings with reachability analysis, and, when a fixed version exists, can open a fix pull request. That is a tool for people who ship software, not for picking a map app.

Fix it without waiting for upstream

Every map app in this guide is built from open source components, and so is most of the software your team ships. When one of those components has a known vulnerability, waiting for the next upstream release is not the only option.

Whatever the vulnerability, most of the risk sits in two gaps. The first is the time between a fix being published and that fix actually running in your production builds. The second, and worse, is the time before any fix exists at all, while a maintainer works out a patch and a release schedule. Waiting through both gaps is a habit, not a requirement. Safeguard gives teams three ways to close them.

1. Autonomous remediation: pull requests, not tickets

When a fixed version exists, Safeguard's Griffin models open a tested, policy gated pull request that moves the affected dependency to the safe version. You can run it on one repository or in bulk across every project that carries the vulnerable version. Remediation covers eight categories, including dependencies, licenses, security posture and findings. Reachability analysis ranks the vulnerable code paths your application actually calls first, so the first pull requests you merge are the ones that matter most. Autonomous remediation ships switched off, with every category set to Manual, so your team decides how much runs on its own and what still needs a human approval.

2. Gold Open Source: the safe version in seconds, free

gold.safeguard.sh is free and needs no login. Search any CVE or package to see affected and fixed versions, CVSS, EPSS, CISA KEV status and a recommended safe version, or use the "Am I affected?" checker. The same data is available through a free read API, README status badges and RSS threat feeds. The safeguard-sh/gold-scan-action GitHub Action can fail a build on a known exploited vulnerability, on any known vulnerability, or never, so a version you have just removed cannot quietly come back in next week's merge.

3. Gold Registry: start from components that are already fixed

registry.safeguard.sh provides hardened, drop in replacements for upstream packages and container images. Every Gold artifact is held continuously to zero exploitable critical or high CVEs, zero malware and a completed license check, with SLSA L3 or higher provenance, a Sigstore signature and a public evidence page you can hand to an auditor. An artifact loses its Gold badge if it regresses. Teams can point their own package directory at the registry so hardened equivalents resolve without changing how developers install anything.

When upstream has no fix yet, or will not ship one, Safeguard first works to get the fix accepted upstream. If the issue is severe or upstream will not move, Safeguard builds a fork, fixes the vulnerability there and publishes a hardened Gold build, so you are not stuck on a maintainer's release schedule. You can also request a hardened, compatibility tested build of a specific package. This fork and patch flow is in early access today, so ask which packages it covers before you plan around it.

One honest limit: when the vulnerable code lives in a vendor appliance, a hosted service or an operating system runtime you do not build yourself, the fix still has to come from that vendor or distribution. The steps above apply to the open source dependencies and container images you build and ship, which is where most teams carry the largest and least tracked share of their exposure.

FAQ

What is the closest alternative to Google Maps?

On Apple devices, Apple Maps is the closest in day to day feel. On Android, or to leave platform maps altogether, an OpenStreetMap app such as Organic Maps, CoMaps or OsmAnd is the usual choice, with less live data.

Is there a Google Maps alternative that does not track you?

Organic Maps and CoMaps both state in their privacy policies that they do not track you and do not collect personal data. Those are the projects' own statements. Running maps fully offline also means search and routing queries do not leave your phone.

Can I use Google Maps without Timeline?

Yes. Turn it off under Your Timeline, More, Location & privacy settings in the Google Maps app, and check Search Services History and Web & App Activity, which Google says can still save some location data.

How do I download my Google Maps Timeline?

On Android, open the Settings app, then Location, Location services, Timeline, and tap Export Timeline data. On iPhone, open Google Maps, then your profile picture, Settings, Location & Privacy, and tap Export Timeline data. Repeat on every device, because Timeline is stored per device.

Is OpenStreetMap accurate enough for driving?

OSM apps provide turn by turn car navigation with voice guidance. The usual gaps are live traffic and, in some areas, complete addresses and business details, because quality depends on how active local mappers are.

Which map apps work completely offline?

Organic Maps says all of its features work without a connection, and CoMaps and OsmAnd provide offline search and routing. Apple Maps supports offline directions for driving, walking, cycling and transit in supported regions. Google Maps offline areas support driving only and expire if not updated.

Do I need an account to use OpenStreetMap apps?

No. Organic Maps, CoMaps and OsmAnd work without registration. You only need an OpenStreetMap account to edit the map, and even then, anyone can leave a note on openstreetmap.org without one.

Is it safe to install map apps from F-Droid or other alternative stores?

The official Organic Maps and CoMaps sites link F-Droid, and Organic Maps also links Obtainium and Accrescent. Use those links, and stick to one channel per device.

Will switching away from Google Maps delete my saved places?

No. Saved places stay in your Google Account until you delete them. Export them through Google Takeout first.

See how Safeguard would help

None of these demos touch your map app. They show the supply chain side: knowing what open source code is inside the software you build and fixing it. To try the CLI yourself, download it from https://safeguard.sh/download and read the setup guide at https://docs.safeguard.sh/docs/cli .

The first demo is a real Android session. You send work from the phone to a computer running the Safeguard CLI, and approve each command on the phone with Allow once, Allow for turn or Deny. If you have just moved your daily tools to privacy respecting apps, this shows the same principle applied to security work: nothing runs on your machine without an explicit tap from you.

Click through it at your own pace, or open it full screen.

The second demo is a real CLI session. After install, safeguard opens the interactive terminal, you ask it to fix the lodash CVE in a repo, and it reads the finding and advisory, asks before each command, edits package.json to lodash 4.17.21, runs npm install and npm test with your approval, prints a summary and pushes nothing. Open source map apps are built from dependencies in exactly this way, and this is how a team that ships an app finds and fixes a vulnerable one.

Click through it at your own pace, or open it full screen.

The third demo sets up the Safeguard runner on your own machine, approves it with its device code, and then scans from the terminal. Like an offline map that keeps your queries on the phone, the runner lets you scan projects locally rather than handing your code to someone else's server.

Click through it at your own pace, or open it full screen.

Quick check

Sources

• OpenStreetMap: About
• OpenStreetMap: Copyright and License
• OpenStreetMap Wiki: Contribute map data
• OpenStreetMap Wiki: Beginners' guide
• OpenStreetMap Wiki: Notes
• OpenStreetMap Wiki: iD
• OpenStreetMap Wiki: StreetComplete
• OpenStreetMap Foundation: Privacy Policy
• StreetComplete
• Organic Maps
• Organic Maps: Privacy Policy
• CoMaps
• CoMaps: Privacy
• OsmAnd
• OsmAnd: Privacy Policy
• Magic Earth
• Magic Earth: Privacy Policy
• Magic Earth: Pricing
• Apple: Apple Maps & Privacy
• Apple iPhone User Guide: Download offline maps
• Apple iPhone User Guide: View Visited Places in Maps
• Apple iPhone User Guide: Clear your location history in Maps
• Google Maps Help: Manage your Google Maps Timeline (Android)
• Google Maps Help: Manage your Google Maps Timeline (iPhone and iPad)
• Google Maps Help: Download areas and navigate offline
• Google Account Help: How to download your Google data

Last reviewed: 23 October 2026. Map apps and Google and Apple settings change often; check the linked official pages for the current steps.