[maelito]

Do you know of any of these public bodies that would have the agility and competence to back such a project ? I don't.

In France, where cartes.app is built and incorporated, the government is far from being ideologically equipped to envision the launch a (privacy-focused) general public map application. IGN provides map, but they are still far from a general public usage, they're more useful for experts.

Even the professional office suite dedicated to agents (LaSuite) is in risk because it's said to destroy French companies (trying to) deliver these tools.

Meanwhile, a private company, if necessary with capped profits and salaries, seems by far the most practical solution in my experience. Hence the choice.