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Re: Organic Maps
#182I genuinely want to know what lead Google to not support Maps offline properly. It’s truly staggering how, even when I do everything I can to say: save this journey, don’t delete the map around it, don’t delete the journey, just passively show me where I am next to it, it will gleefully delete everything. I once met their lead designer (who had just changed to work at another FAANG) and… boy was that not a conversati…
I had a bizarre encounter when working there, also Maps related. I lived in the UK at the time and my post code just didn't exist in Google Maps. I did some digging, and found out that in fact no post codes in the UK had been added in quite some time. Eventually I found out why: There was some lead dev on Maps, who refused to allow new imports of UK post code data because he thought they were "wrong". They were seein…
This is also valid in Japan, there's huge build with a mall, a hotel and residences called sunshine city in Tokyo, every few floors has it's own zip code!
https://www.post.japanpost.jp/cgi-zip/zipcode.php?pref=13&ci...
Search for 170-0013 for the beginning of the madness. At least google accepted this one.
Re: Organic Maps
#183Note that if some data is missing or wrong - you can fix it by editing on https://www.openstreetmap.org/ as they use OpenStreetMap data Such help is really welcome! If you are on Android then I recommend StreetComplete which asks questions and edits OSM based on answers (disclaimer: I wrote parts of it) (Organic Maps has some limited editing capability, but for example you will not change road geometry or add forest…
I started using StreetComplete a few months ago. It's a good "time waster" when I'm sitting somewhere in my car waiting for somebody, or I'm out for a stroll somewhere. I did laugh though when I was recently in Europe and was filling in data with it, and it kept wanting to know how wide the streets were in meters. I had visions of annoying motorists by putting a tape measure across the streets to get an answer.
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#184I bought this app when it was maps.me out of a weird prepper urge to have more offline stuff on my phone (shout out to Kiwix for offline Wikipedia, and modern phones for having terabytes of storage). But then I grew to absolutely love it, the coverage of walking routes is amazing, it works for car journeys in low coverage areas, and often has archaeological points of interest that I wouldn't see in other maps apps.
Re: Organic Maps
#185Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are not alone. The last time a home internet upgrade felt really significant to me was going from 2mbit to 8mbit. Everything else has been luxury. Though I'll be signing up for ~160 or ~1000 as soon as the new cables the street was recently dug up to put in place are connected, I like my luxuries! I do still notice upstream improvements though. Both those old 2mbit and 8mbit connections were 256kbit up, and I cur…
DSL can usually do up to 250 mbit/s, no?
The standard FTTC options in the UK are nominally 40/10 and 80/20. I have the latter, which in reality works out as “up to 76mbit down, up to 17mbit up”. My router is currently synced at 56/11. Where G.FAST is available IIRC that is up to 250down/36up.
Re: Organic Maps
#186I genuinely want to know what lead Google to not support Maps offline properly. It’s truly staggering how, even when I do everything I can to say: save this journey, don’t delete the map around it, don’t delete the journey, just passively show me where I am next to it, it will gleefully delete everything. I once met their lead designer (who had just changed to work at another FAANG) and… boy was that not a conversati…
Google maps is a real-time social network that you don't realize you are a part of.
"This store is busiest at 6pm". "This area is less busy than usual". "There's a 5 minute delay ahead, but you're still on the fastest route".
All of that comes from data generated by online users. An offline user isn't providing value to Google, so why would they invest in those users?
Re: Organic Maps
#187Been using this since last time it was posted on HN. Great little app that complements Apple Maps with offline mode and random stuff like water fountains. Only thing I would want them to improve is the color scheme when used with CarPlay, I don’t know why but one of the day/night color schemes is almost impossible to read.
Re: Organic Maps
#188Very fast and responsive compared to OsmAnd. Would really benefit from having Terrain maps for the mountains though.
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#189This was the first time I’d heard of the app, but due to comments in this thread I downloaded it. * Website, ethos: straightforward. “Old internet” vibes, love it. They seem very active, have a presence on every platform, very impressive * The app seems very nice. Simple clear UI. Lots of features. I need to experiment for more than a few minutes but I get the impression it could replace Google Maps for me, especiall…
What I especially like about Organic Maps and OSM in general is how searching for "water" shows nearby water fountains. Depending on the country and region it helps if your running out of water while hiking. It's not necessarily the best water but at least where I live drinking it is usually not a problem (especially if your drinking a small amount). Water is also listed in the categories tab next to WiFi, Pharmacies…
You can also more specifically search for "drinking water" I think :)
Re: Organic Maps
#190Do they have Linux apps as well? There are links to Flathub and the native (repository) app in the bottom of the page.
Yes. But the UI is much clunkier than the excellent Android version.