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Ah, this is fantastic! OsmAnd is a staple in the open source OpenStreetMap client ecosystem, but its UI is so dated and slow. MAPS.ME was a much better client,
by aorth 5y ago
Ah, this is fantastic! OsmAnd is a staple in the open source OpenStreetMap client ecosystem, but its UI is so dated and slow. MAPS.ME was a much better client, with faster and prettier UI until they started monetizing the app in the last year or so (?). Glad to see this new fork of MAPS.ME in the same privacy-first and open-source spirit of earlier clients.
Another OSM client that I've recently fallen in love with is StreetComplete. Its UI is fantastic, though it is geared towards gamification of map metadata enrichment. I wish they would do a full OSM client using whatever technology its uses in the future. It's so slick and fast even on my old phone!
- tlocke 5y agoI'm glad you mentioned StreetComplete, I'm a great fan of it. For those that don't know it's an Open Source Android app that shows OpenStreetmap with pins in showing where information is needed. For example tapping a pin with a bench icon will ask you, 'is this bench still here?' and you just tap yes or no. Then there are more complicated ones like the opening hours of a shop. It's a fantastic way to contribute to OpenStreetmap, and it's a bit of a 'gateway drug' to more advanced editors such as the one on the OpenStreetmap website. For example, I might be entering house numbers on a local street and find that the buildings on the map don't match what's really there, and then I'll go into the editor the OpenStreetmap website to correct the map. The only shortcoming of StreetComplete is that the map isn't refreshed very often, but despite that I highly recommend it.