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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!

113 comments

Fossify Maps 😁😎

Local Atlas?

Maybe Green Map with an even greater focus on the durability of the app?

I think we can choose the name of a famous cartographer whose name is easy to pronounce in any language.
And then,
[Cartographer Name] + ["Maps" in your language]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cartographers
- Males me think of Jacques Cartier whose surname sounds like Cartes (French for map).
- Under the 15th century heading, "Piri", the cartographer who prepared the top map among the sample maps shown there, would be a good name.
  Or maybe, "Orbis" and "Battista" under the 16th century heading.
  So Piri Maps, Orbis Maps, Battista Maps, etc.
  
  Orbis makes me think of something sciency like the earth is in orbit or an orb. I like that
  
  battista is long and would often be spelled wrong. Piri and Orbis are fine, but Orbis sounds better and starts with an O XD
  Note that there is a university library software called orbis, but well you cant avoid that

Origami Maps

Carbon Maps
- 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!

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.

FroMap

Folk Maps
- I like folk maps, really gives the correct community/citizen cartography vibe
- +1 Folk Maps
- Could you split it up so that it's one name per comment please? To make voting easier
  
  Sure thing! I have the split the options into multiple comments.
- Shared Maps
- Collective Maps
- Collab Maps

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).
- 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.
  
  When you search for "Gentoo", you sometimes get results for a real estate company with the same name. Name collisions are nothing to fear about, unless the name is a registeted trademark in multiple countries.

Periq(uito)Maps

OurMaps
@CubeOfCheese
- Maps 'r Us

Fluid Maps

Delta Maps (like the fork in the river)
- It's not bad, but
  There might be too many projects named "Delta ___". (...I'm guessing. I can really only think of Delta Chat.)
  Is being a fork the only identity of this project? I would rather the name reflect other characteristics... 🤔

Cartogrity (Cartography + Community)
- I liked your suggestion quite a lot and came up with alternative based on it (the two words staying the same):
  CartoUnity

Maple
- Idk, but Maple might be protected, as it's already the name of a symbolic math software.
  
  Map1e ?
  🙃
- because who doesn't like its syrup

Lief Maps
after explorer Lief Erickson
- hard to spell, leaf, leave
- Alternate spelling of Leaf Maps as well (since most people will mis-hear and type the English word rather than the name) and maybe a leafy Lief is the mascot ;)
  
  Wait I think I like this better

LibreMaps
- Unfortunately there seems to be existing software with this name.
  
  There's MapLibre - a fork of Mapbox before it went full commercial

Less Maps
Aero Maps
Navigram
Mapverse
Mappin
MapX

@CubeOfCheese WayNow
- @CubeOfCheese
  "There is freedom within, there is freedom without"
  "Don’t dream it’s over"
  Seems appropriate for an Organic Maps fork 😄

@CubeOfCheese OpenPaths

CoCoMaps (community + collaboration)
- Unfortunately there seems to be existing software with this name.

NiceMaps
@CubeOfCheese

Moo Maps
- Based on @[email protected] '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.

In keeping with the "organic" theme, my submission is:
Free Range Maps

Map Again
😅

Open Planet
- Unfortunately there seems to be existing software / websites with this name.

Mappa
- Unfortunately there seems to be a number of existing software with this name.
  
  Admittedly I only did a 30 second search and got the aforementioned Japanese company and something to do with the UK government. I thought it was probably too good to be true.
- 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?"
- Like Cuppa for a cup of tea
  Mappa is also italian for map. People of saints, poets and navigators, says the saying

Common Maps

@CubeOfCheese EveryPath

My first instinct is "Here We Go Again" but I think there's an existing map company that would take exception to that.
@CubeOfCheese
- I'm not sure what you mean by that
  
  @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
  
  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...

plan b

RootMaps

Alchemaps

Kingfisher Maps
Edit: typo
- After the migratory bird the woodland kingfisher. Bonus mascot! I've searched and didn't find a name clash with another website/software.

Natural Maps

FOSS Maps

Local Maps

Plaid Maps
- 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.
  
  as a non-native english speaker, I have never heard the word Plaid before XD also hard to write
  
  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.

~~Social Street Maps~~
I 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
- 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.
- Some of these are existing, can you split out your favorites into top-level comments and upvote those that already exist?

Orgasmic Maps

Mapp
- this one sounds good. it's short and memorable
  
  Haha when I got the notification email I thought you meant that "merde" as an app name was good, short, and memorable 😂