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I love the idea of OpenStreetMap, and I tried really hard to use it on Android when I purged Google from my life, but the client itself was just atrociously awf
by _bxg1 7y ago
I love the idea of OpenStreetMap, and I tried really hard to use it on Android when I purged Google from my life, but the client itself was just atrociously awful (OsmAnd). The data wasn't the main problem; most of the time it couldn't figure out my location at all. It constantly made my device hot. It was nearly useless as a mapping daily-driver. Now that I've switched to iOS, Apple Maps is leaps and bounds better, which should tell you something.
It seems like a great dataset, and maybe the editing tools are better than the consumer clients, but if they really want it to gain traction they desperately need to put some effort into the end-user experience.