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have you tried OsmAnd https://osmand.net/ https://osmand.net/? I'm using it for years, travelling around the world when i need to have offline maps with me and

by svacko 7y ago

have you tried OsmAnd https://osmand.net/ https://osmand.net/? I'm using it for years, travelling around the world when i need to have offline maps with me and it works good most of the time. I'm not saying it's the best and the fastest map, but it helped me tons of time to find an A-> B route - being a pedestrian, a cyclist or travelling by a public transport

Rudism 7y ago
The biggest drawback for me (coming from someone who exclusively uses OsmAnd for nav) is the lack of geocoding. I can't just type in an address and get a reliable destination pin to navigate to, instead I have to paste the address into a website that will convert it to lat/long first and then use that to drop the pin. That's the main issue that prevents me from recommending OsmAnd to people like my wife who are happy using Google or Apple and unwilling to compromise for the sake of principle.
- tuukkah 7y ago
  OsmAnd does provide geocoding, but perhaps the address data has been lacking in the areas where you tried it?
- dvdkon 7y ago
  Geocoding works perfectly fine for me, especially for simple addresses. Where did you use it?
- ce4 7y ago
  If you click the search button in the map view you're shown a keyword input field and 3 different tabs below (recent hits (this is the default), category and address), the first two search in a "keyword" mode, only if you switch to the address bar, it'll conduct a distinct address search.
  - Rudism 7y ago
    I've tried this previously, and it seemed to be able to narrow it down to a particular street, but not a specific address. In the case of my address (in TN, USA) the first item in the list of results is just my street and the pin drops almost half a mile from my actual house. However, just looking at it again now I see there's an "Online Search" button if you scroll to the very bottom of all the search results which seems to properly geocode the exact address. I'll have to play with it more to judge how accurate it is, but that's a convenience I wasn't aware of before.
dastx 7y ago
I have, although I seem to have mistyped it as AndOSM.

by svacko 7y ago

Rudism 7y ago

The biggest drawback for me (coming from someone who exclusively uses OsmAnd for nav) is the lack of geocoding. I can't just type in an address and get a reliable destination pin to navigate to, instead I have to paste the address into a website that will convert it to lat/long first and then use that to drop the pin. That's the main issue that prevents me from recommending OsmAnd to people like my wife who are happy using Google or Apple and unwilling to compromise for the sake of principle.

tuukkah 7y ago
OsmAnd does provide geocoding, but perhaps the address data has been lacking in the areas where you tried it?
dvdkon 7y ago
Geocoding works perfectly fine for me, especially for simple addresses. Where did you use it?
ce4 7y ago
If you click the search button in the map view you're shown a keyword input field and 3 different tabs below (recent hits (this is the default), category and address), the first two search in a "keyword" mode, only if you switch to the address bar, it'll conduct a distinct address search.
- Rudism 7y ago
  I've tried this previously, and it seemed to be able to narrow it down to a particular street, but not a specific address. In the case of my address (in TN, USA) the first item in the list of results is just my street and the pin drops almost half a mile from my actual house. However, just looking at it again now I see there's an "Online Search" button if you scroll to the very bottom of all the search results which seems to properly geocode the exact address. I'll have to play with it more to judge how accurate it is, but that's a convenience I wasn't aware of before.

dastx 7y ago

I have, although I seem to have mistyped it as AndOSM.