Name Ideas
Name Ideas
Please comment with your name ideas.
One name per comment.
Top level comments should just be the name. You can put reasons and discuss each idea in the comments below each suggestion.
And vote on what you like!
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I'll duplicate it here
Pastk said: cOSMaps (co-OSM-maps) COSMOS Maps (Co-OSM-OpenSource)
And some ideas with the help of AI: COLABMAP (Collaborative Open Libre Access Based Mapping Application Platform) **COMMAP **Community Oriented Modern Mapping Access Project
to be honest, no word makes me completely satisfied.
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Fluid Maps
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Carbon Maps
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A play on organic meaning carbon-based (as in organic chemistry). Also I feel like it should be easy(ish) for speakers of other languages to pronounce. I may be wrong though!
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Periq(uito)Maps
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Less Maps
Aero Maps
Navigram
Mapverse
Mappin
MapX
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OurMaps
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Keep CoMaps.
I like this name: it's cute, short and memorable. I also like that 'co-' can have multiple meanings (cooperation, coexisting, community, carbon monoxyde).
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A quick search for comaps shows a couple different projects already using that name. comaps.de is some kind of map visualization. Using the comaps name could lead to some confusion.
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Delta Maps (like the fork in the river)
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@CubeOfCheese WayNow
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"There is freedom within, there is freedom without"
"Don’t dream it’s over"Seems appropriate for an Organic Maps fork 😄
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NiceMaps
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@CubeOfCheese OpenPaths
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Map Again
😅
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CoCoMaps (community + collaboration)
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Unfortunately there seems to be existing software with this name.
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Cartogrity (Cartography + Community)
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I liked your suggestion quite a lot and came up with alternative based on it (the two words staying the same):
CartoUnity
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In keeping with the "organic" theme, my submission is:
Free Range Maps
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Moo Maps
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Based on @LilDumpy@lemmy.world 's great suggestion, I thought of the slogan "Grass-fed, free-range, organic, and community-powered maps". And of course a cow for a mascot.
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Open Planet
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Unfortunately there seems to be existing software / websites with this name.
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Mappa
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Edited the original comment to comply with the rules. Cut 'n' paste of reasoning:
It's the Latin word for map, at least according to Google, and there doesn't appear to be any similar entities using the name, just a Japanese animation studio.
It also rolls nicely off the tongue. "Have you checked on Mappa?"
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Like Cuppa for a cup of tea
Mappa is also italian for map. People of saints, poets and navigators, says the saying
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@CubeOfCheese EveryPath
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Common Maps
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My first instinct is "Here We Go Again" but I think there's an existing map company that would take exception to that.
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I'm not sure what you mean by that
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Organic Maps was born as a fork of MapsMe, because the owner/developer went closed source. And the same thing is happening again, forking the same thing for a similar reason again...
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@CubeOfCheese
The first part is a reference to my general feeling of deja vu.The second is a reference to these guys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here/_WeGo
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plan b
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RootMaps
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Alchemaps
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Kingfisher Maps
Edit: typo
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After the migratory bird the woodland kingfisher. Bonus mascot! I've searched and didn't find a name clash with another website/software.
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Natural Maps
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FOSS Maps
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Local Maps
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Plaid Maps
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Reasoning:
- Plaid patterns kinda look like a city street grid.
- Plaid clothing/flannels is often worn by and associated with people who would buy organic, or are 'earthy' (see: Vermont Flannel)
- This interesting thread.
Potential cons:
Could be confused with the Plaid Bank Linking App.
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I like this a lot. My only fear is that Fintech suing the project. Not that it would have merit - completely different industries, after all - but just proving that could kill the project or force another name change.
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Social Street MapsI feel like it should be something that rolls off the tongue. Something easy to search and not awkward to recommend irl. Sucks because Organic Maps was pretty good in both those cases
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OpenStreetMap is the registered trademark of OSM Foundation, and they ask to please don't use mixed and confusing names like this for related projects. From the Trademark Policy:
You may not:
abbreviate the wordmarks, combine them with other words (“OpenStreetMapThing”), or substitute words in the mark (“OpenStreetThing” or “OpenThingMap”), especially where the new combination sounds similar to OpenStreetMap.
While they usually allow the use for open projects, it would be just easier to respect the request of the Foundation.
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Some of these are existing, can you split out your favorites into top-level comments and upvote those that already exist?
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Orgasmic Maps
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Mapp
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this one sounds good. it's short and memorable
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Haha when I got the notification email I thought you meant that "merde" as an app name was good, short, and memorable 😂
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Map App
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Maps Forever
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Never Lost
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Sage Map
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Open Atlas
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Sadly this is also already in use (the positive news is that it's also a FLOSS project!).
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Crowd Maps
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Community Maps (spelled out)
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Unfortunately there seems to be existing software / websites with this name.
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Our Map
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People's Map
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In Vivo Maps
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The one that lives within or is in the living. It's alive in all of us (the community) and the other way around: our contributions live within the app and OSM. Also, its supposed to be the fork that lives on. I think this would be a subtle nudge without carrying a scarred name like phoenix/revival with the project forever.
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Roam / ROAM / Roam Maps / Roam Atlas / Roam App
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There is a Roam App and a company called Atlas Roam, so those are out.
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Comdrima
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For some reason It sounds like some obscure linux distro from the 90s
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Edited my top level comment as per rules ill add my reasoning separately:
Just throwing my idea out here, please don't roast me alive. I really like comaps, but I understand that was already in use somewhere?
may seem random, but all the cool options were already in the matrix chat like ROAM, Cosmos, etc
Community Driven Maps
Edit: I can't search the matrix chat but I hope the other people who also suggested really cool names pitch in here!
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