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For offline use I've been quite happy with Maps.me (also OSM-based) but it sounds like Organic Maps is worth a try.
Organic Maps is a fork of Maps.me.
Of the original creators.
Organic Maps
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#12Organic Maps is super awesome. The routing feature is really good, too. It even works on Apple CarPlay! There are some glitches to be aware of though: Routing across region borders is often broken. Also, a warning about OSM in general: Do not blindly trust it. Map data can be very out of date in some places, especially on remote-ish hiking trails.
> Do not blindly trust it. Map data can be very out of date in some places, especially on remote-ish hiking trails.
Also, for the love of everything that's holy, do the same with Apple/Google Maps. They can be horribly wrong to the point of being actively dangerous.
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#13I cannot really express how much praise I have for Organic Maps. It has got me out of the mire a couple of times due to the complete offline capability and paper maps being completely wrong. The OSM base layer is better than a lot of native maps out there. Not only that, you can search for a toilet almost anywhere, including in the middle of nowhere in central Asia, and it found one!
Maybe I'm a little jaded by how the app economy works nowadays, but I find it almost suspicious how fast development seems and how well supported Organic Maps is. At least the high level of quality is explained by the fact that the lead developers seem to be the founders of the original maps.me.
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#14Organic Maps is less powerful than OSMAnd (on Android), but it's much more straightforward and easy to use. It's the go-to app I recommend to all casual map users that want offline maps.
In your opinion what is the most important feature missing in organic maps (compared to OSMAnd)?
Importing GPX tracks and displaying it on the map. For my bike trips I do my planning in advance on a computer using brouter or openrouteservice, then import the created file into OSMAnd.
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#15I love organic maps. It's my daily driver for navigation, especially in rural areas where GoogleMaps just sucks.
I wish they added warnings for speed limits though. They do this only when there is a speed camera, but not generally. The PR is here: https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/pull/5233
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#16Organic Maps is less powerful than OSMAnd (on Android), but it's much more straightforward and easy to use. It's the go-to app I recommend to all casual map users that want offline maps.
In your opinion what is the most important feature missing in organic maps (compared to OSMAnd)?
track recording
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#17Organic Maps is less powerful than OSMAnd (on Android), but it's much more straightforward and easy to use. It's the go-to app I recommend to all casual map users that want offline maps.
In your opinion what is the most important feature missing in organic maps (compared to OSMAnd)?
The ability to import a gpx track, for instance.
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#19Organic Maps is less powerful than OSMAnd (on Android), but it's much more straightforward and easy to use. It's the go-to app I recommend to all casual map users that want offline maps.
For offline use I've been quite happy with Maps.me (also OSM-based) but it sounds like Organic Maps is worth a try.
Organic Maps comes from the original founders of Maps.me.