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Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back

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Re: Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back

#16
I do not know if it's available on iOS (I suspect no) but on Android I am a really happy user of Osmand. It uses Openstreetmap as maps provider and I always use it when hiking. It gives you the altitude profile of your route which is very useful.

Re: Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back

#17
post #12

There is already an open source fork at F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/de/packages/com.github.axet.maps/ Note: This is not new. F-Droid maintains this open source version since serveral years.

This fork is in a poor state, barely working, needs some love

Installed OK, but errors-out trying to download the first map :(

Re: Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back

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post #16

I do not know if it's available on iOS (I suspect no) but on Android I am a really happy user of Osmand. It uses Openstreetmap as maps provider and I always use it when hiking. It gives you the altitude profile of your route which is very useful.

I also use Osmand, though when I compared it to Maps.me, loading a map was significantly slower in Osmand

Re: Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back

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post #5

Too bad, maps.me was by far the best maps application for non city use, and ideal for hiking. Commendable initiative to bring it back in its original version! A few examples of why it was so great: Simple, non social bookmarks. As in: place a bookmark so you don't get lost while hiking, or when you find a nice spot you want to come back to later. Yep, a utility feature that doesn't somehow map to some stoopid busines…

Most of the hiking maps are simply not even on Google maps. Only in OSM
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