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Is that the ugly one where you have to download huge regions to offline just to look at where you at right now?
by ant6n 8y ago
Is that the ugly one where you have to download huge regions to offline just to look at where you at right now?
- tinix 8y agoHuge? Not so much... OsmAnd uses vector maps, which are very small, compared to "offline" Google Maps tiles. A couple hundred megabytes for an entire country's road system is not "huge".
- jpatokal 8y agoLike the mobile app itself, Google Maps offline maps are also vector based.
- tinix 8y agoThen how come an offline region of a national park in Google Maps is a larger download than the entire state in OsmAnd?
- ant6n 8y agoA couple hundred megabytes to show me a map of where I am right now is huge.
- tinix 8y agoYou can use "online" maps and it only downloads the visible region on your screen. It's not a few hundred megs "just to show you where you are" that is utter nonsense. How about you just actually use the app before you make baseless accusations.
- ant6n 8y agoWell I asked whether this is the app with only offline mode, which would imply large downloads. You said that offline mode is so small that it doesn't matter. I didn't make any 'baseless accusation', I am working off your reply, but still without any 'accusation' at all. How about actually reading people's messages before claiming they're making 'baseless accusations'.
- jabberthemutt 8y agoNo, it's the one that supports both local and online maps.