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Eventually it would be nice if they could contribute to Osmand and get it up to snuff for daily use and replace Magic Earth.

commoner 4y ago
Organic Maps has a simple user interface that makes it a more similar FOSS replacement for Magic Earth. - Organic Maps: https://organicmaps.app https://organicmaps.app OsmAnd is a heavyweight with more features, including an advanced OSM editor, trip recording, Mapillary street view, and other plugins, for those that need them. - OsmAnd: https://osmand.net https://osmand.net
- fezfight 4y ago
  I can vouch that organic maps is really quite nice, straight forward and familiar. OSMAnd is more fun, in my opinion, because of all the features but if you're looking for familiar, organic maps is the way to go.
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  - 22c 4y ago
    What I'd really like is for all OSM apps to agree on a place to store the offline OSM data. I don't mind having multiple navigation apps with different strengths/weaknesses but I don't want to download several gigs of offline maps for each app I might use.
- colordrops 4y ago
  Organic Maps is nice, thanks for the pointer. Maps.me looks very similar - are they related somehow?
  - commoner 4y ago
    Yes, Organic Maps is a fork of Maps.me. The original Maps.me was acquired by Daegu Limited, a subsidiary of the financial services company Parity.com, and they stopped publishing source code afterward. - Press release: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/MAIL/mail-ru-group-sells-maps-me/14739415 https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/MAIL/mail-r... - OSM removed from Maps.me, then re-added: https://github.com/mapsme/omim/issues/14076 https://github.com/mapsme/omim/issues/14076 - No more source code releases from Maps.me: https://github.com/mapsme/omim/issues/14157 https://github.com/mapsme/omim/issues/14157
  - 369548684892826 4y ago
    Organic Maps was forked from Maps.me when they started adding ads and trackers.
jqpabc123 4y ago
In my experience, where the open source apps often come up short is not really mapping but rather turn by turn navigation. The first, most obvious indictor being the voice prompts. If they sound like a bad video game from the 90's, you can bet the directions are equally flawed/bad.
- piaste 4y ago
  For me, the biggest issue is business information. I rarely use map apps to find directions, except while hiking or having a stroll, in which case, yes, OSM is superior. Most of the time, I need to either: A) Look up a certain type of business, check its opening hours and (if applicable) menu, phone or message them to ask any questions, and only then drive to the business in question or B) get somewhere without a car, and figure out the fastest route by public transportation without having to find multiple different websites and cross-reference their respective timesheets These activities aren't really the job of a mapping or navigation map, they're the job for a data mining app. OSM often has better paths than Google Maps, but Google's commercial and transportation databases aren't going to get beaten by any open source service any time soon.
sneak 4y ago
OSMAnd currently has spyware built in, per the App Store privacy label. I don't think it is an appropriate choice for a privacy-focused OS.

commoner 4y ago

Organic Maps has a simple user interface that makes it a more similar FOSS replacement for Magic Earth. - Organic Maps: https://organicmaps.app https://organicmaps.app OsmAnd is a heavyweight with more features, including an advanced OSM editor, trip recording, Mapillary street view, and other plugins, for those that need them. - OsmAnd: https://osmand.net https://osmand.net

fezfight 4y ago
I can vouch that organic maps is really quite nice, straight forward and familiar. OSMAnd is more fun, in my opinion, because of all the features but if you're looking for familiar, organic maps is the way to go.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
- 22c 4y ago
  What I'd really like is for all OSM apps to agree on a place to store the offline OSM data. I don't mind having multiple navigation apps with different strengths/weaknesses but I don't want to download several gigs of offline maps for each app I might use.
colordrops 4y ago
Organic Maps is nice, thanks for the pointer. Maps.me looks very similar - are they related somehow?
- commoner 4y ago
  Yes, Organic Maps is a fork of Maps.me. The original Maps.me was acquired by Daegu Limited, a subsidiary of the financial services company Parity.com, and they stopped publishing source code afterward. - Press release: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/MAIL/mail-ru-group-sells-maps-me/14739415 https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/MAIL/mail-r... - OSM removed from Maps.me, then re-added: https://github.com/mapsme/omim/issues/14076 https://github.com/mapsme/omim/issues/14076 - No more source code releases from Maps.me: https://github.com/mapsme/omim/issues/14157 https://github.com/mapsme/omim/issues/14157
- 369548684892826 4y ago
  Organic Maps was forked from Maps.me when they started adding ads and trackers.

jqpabc123 4y ago

In my experience, where the open source apps often come up short is not really mapping but rather turn by turn navigation. The first, most obvious indictor being the voice prompts. If they sound like a bad video game from the 90's, you can bet the directions are equally flawed/bad.

piaste 4y ago
For me, the biggest issue is business information. I rarely use map apps to find directions, except while hiking or having a stroll, in which case, yes, OSM is superior. Most of the time, I need to either: A) Look up a certain type of business, check its opening hours and (if applicable) menu, phone or message them to ask any questions, and only then drive to the business in question or B) get somewhere without a car, and figure out the fastest route by public transportation without having to find multiple different websites and cross-reference their respective timesheets These activities aren't really the job of a mapping or navigation map, they're the job for a data mining app. OSM often has better paths than Google Maps, but Google's commercial and transportation databases aren't going to get beaten by any open source service any time soon.

sneak 4y ago

OSMAnd currently has spyware built in, per the App Store privacy label. I don't think it is an appropriate choice for a privacy-focused OS.