On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Andreas Nilsson lists@andreasn.se wrote:
On 2015-03-26 19:40, Allan Day wrote:
That said, there are other good reasons to include Maps. It is a handy application to have in the default install, and useful as a utility, in the same way as a dictionary, Clocks or Weather. From GNOME 3.16, Maps has two-way integration with Contacts - you can search for contacts from within Maps, and Contacts includes small maps for addresses (which act as a link to Maps).
Btw, seems the two big desktop OSes; OSX and Windows 10 both come with Maps apps build it these days.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-maps https://www.apple.com/osx/all-features/#maps
I think it's a good idea, it's a good example of a good app, and it's useful, and it helps people avoid being dependent on Google Maps, and I think it behaves better than OSM does in a web browser - I think it's pulling data from OSM anyway though right?
As for removal, I think it should easily be removable, as are most applications, in gnome-software. Short of a drag and drop application model, that's about as easy as it gets.