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Re: Organic Maps

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Post by gniv »

acec wrote: post #35
fuzzy2 wrote: post #7

Organic 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 Map data can be very out of date in some places, especially on remote-ish hiking trails.

No not trust it google maps either. There is a crossroads that is wrong in Google near my house and it is right in OSM. In fact... I did fix it but I will not report about the error to Google ;-)

> I did fix it but I will not report about the error to Google

Why not? That seems like a weird stance. Is your desire to hurt Google so strong that you are not willing to help potentially thousands of people?

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Post by 1970-01-01 »

I've been looking something like this for many years. I installed it and it works as described. Old Androids and iPhones sitting in my drawer can now be permanently left in my old vehicles as an emergency backup GPS.

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by marbartolome »

One thing I find missing from most alternative map apps is satellite view - I find it very useful for orienting myself and for "exploration".

OSM supports microsoft satellite maps as a layer - any way to add it to organic maps too? I do like the simpler interface.

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by jdblair »

vintagedave wrote: post #55

This 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…

This is the first time I see "Get it on F-DROID" on an app download page.

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by methou »

This is so nice!

I checked out the map, works great even outside of the US/EU. I checked my favorite local food chain, routes are very good. I found one missing, followed the lead to OSM and updated the venue data. Things gets interesting when you can edit the data behind the scenes! Kudos to people behind both projects!

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by F30 »

michaelmior wrote: post #228

> Organic Maps doesn't request excessive permissions to spy on you To be fair, the requesting of these permissions doesn't mean the other app highlighted is "spying on you." Some of those permissions are required for certain features. Not everyone will be comfortable with that, and that's ok. But I think it's unfair to suggest that the intention is spying.

In this particular case I read the statement as a dig at maps.me (the app they forked from). On iOS, maps.me would always continue accessing my location in the background unless force-quit, even if nothing was actually happening in the background. I might be wrong of course, the statement could have a different background and maps.me's behavior could be an honest bug.

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by wombat-man »

rqtwteye wrote: post #245
wombat-man wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think now you can search for a city or something and download the offline map

You can. But you can’t download a large region like a whole state which makes long road trips a pain. Apple Maps is even worse because it has no offline mode at all.

Idk when you tried it last, but it works for me on the iOS app. If you search for something that is a 'region' there should be a download offline map option.

In any case, before traveling I try to download the offline maps in HERE wego too.

Re: Organic Maps

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Post by rement »

chickenWing wrote: post #239
vintagedave wrote: post #55

This 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…

Seeing all the praise in this thread, I downloaded the app, and I must admit I'm disappointed and confused at the effusion, but maybe I'm doing something wrong. I tried a very basic task of getting driving directions to a specific address and that doesn't seem to be supported. For some streets, it will give me directions to the street as a whole, but that's not useful for long streets. Other streets don't seem to exi…

Sounds like you have the opportunity to make the map better for yourself and everyone else. The data comes from Open Street Map which is community edited and maintained https://www.openstreetmap.org
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