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Re: Organic Maps

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Post by RobotToaster »

shiandow wrote: post #10
bruce343434 wrote: post #5

Is there a nautical map equivalent of osm or organic maps? One that emphasizes waterways by drawing them thicker when zoomed out like regular maps draw roads thicker? Plan routes over the water? Even google maps lacks a nautical layer.

OsmAnd has a nautical map plugin you can enable.

For some reason osmAnd was the only GPS map that would work on a flight for me.

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by snerbles »

Tried it for while, works with GrapheneOS and Android Auto well enough.

What I absolutely can’t stand is the routing. It once tried to send me through residential Oakland on some Manhattan-grade staircase labyrinth instead of just taking normal streets.

Re: Organic Maps

#44

Post by hirako2000 »

Yacoby wrote: post #3

There is also CoMaps ( https://www.comaps.app/ ) which is a fork of Organic Maps, after concern over the governance of Organic Maps https://itsfoss.com/news/organic-maps-fork-comaps/

what are the concerns over governance of organics maps ?

Re: Organic Maps

#45

Post by NoboruWataya »

I use OrganicMaps a lot for long walks and it's great. Works perfectly offline if you have downloaded the map of the region beforehand, which is helpful if you are in an area with poor reception or just want to conserve phone battery by turning off data. And being OSM, it is great for showing less prominent paths/trails and other useful info like drinking water sources, picnic benches etc. And supports importing GPX trails. So IMO it's way better than Google Maps for this use case.

It's also very easy to edit some basic data through the app so if you notice an error in the map it's usually possible to fix it right there and then.

Re: Organic Maps

#46

Post by TFNA »

hypercube33 wrote: post #40
b112 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So sad. I imagine 99.9% of organic maps users will never know.

I was hoping for an offline open map with specifically tracking (My tracks from Google or now 3rd party) so I can log my adventures. bonus if I can save a printable thing for my wall or something...guess I know what this weekends project is.

OSMAnd is similarly OSM-based, offline, and FOSS (available from F-Droid) and does tracking. It is not typically recommended in posts like these because its wealth of options is daunting to the general public, while Organic Maps and CoMaps are more streamlined.

Re: Organic Maps

#47

Post by dexterdog »

harkdif wrote: post #29
eisa01 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There’s actually work ongoing on live traffic support from various public sources! https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/projects/21877

This looks really solid. It's the thing that would make me switch over. 90% of the time I know exactly where I'm going but need Google Maps to tell me what's unexpectedly in the way while I'm trying to get there.

My problem is that more often than not the road or business name I'm trying to find us just not in the database. If I'm at home I'll try to add it but if I'm driving that is not going to happen and I'll just use something else.

Re: Organic Maps

#48

Post by celsoazevedo »

kotberg wrote: post #32

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> Btw they (respectively, only one guy, Konstantin!) copy code / changesets from Organic Maps, while this is not happening the other way around.

Is anyone breaking any licence here? If not, then I don't understand this complaint.

Re: Organic Maps

#49

Post by TFNA »

codingjoe wrote: post #43

How is it different from OSMAnd?

It's a fork from Maps.me, the streamlined map app popular with normies. I myself use and love OSMAnd, but in the travel communities I am active in, most people react badly to OSMAnd as something arcane and nerdy.
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