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If you just want a polished offline maps app based on OpenStreetMap data checkout https://organicmaps.app/ https://organicmaps.app/

by zaik 4y ago

noirbot 4y ago
I really love Organic Maps. My biggest wish is that its bookmarking/tagging system for places was a little bit better. For how cluttered Google Maps has gotten, it's still the only maps app I've used that does a good job of letting me tag and categorize every lunch spot I like, or every bar someone's ever recommended to me, or that donut shop I tried once years ago. Having a quick and easy geospatial map of my personal points of interest is invaluable to deciding where I want to stay in a city, or remembering places across various trips. Organic Maps lets you star things, but without much for non-menu intensive categorization. And then when you go back to look around a city with your starred places later, it decides to make them about a 5px red circle until you zoom in so far it's showing you more information than you'd ever want to know about the zoning plan for every building on the street. It's partially the classic OSS problem. The people who want to not have the clutter of Google Maps have a high overlap with the sort of people who want the app to ultimately give them as much information as possible if they keep zooming in. To what someone else put in this comment section, some of the value of Google Maps is that they have a good idea of what businesses on a given street you actually care about. OSM will often show me in big text that, instead of the coffee shop I'm looking for, I could go to a stone wholesaler that's 3 doors down.
ForHackernews 4y ago
If you want them to continue existing, contribute! https://organicmaps.app/support-us/ https://organicmaps.app/support-us/
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hkt 4y ago
I just did a bike tour of Italy using this. It is absolutely fantastic and I've set up a monthly donation to them. Will be even happier when they get GPX imports working!
pabs3 4y ago
How does Organic Maps compare to OsmAnd?
- moqmar 4y ago
  Organic Maps is better for an average user to simply explore new places, OsmAnd is better if you want a customizable map for a specific use case (especially hiking or cycling).

If you just want a polished offline maps app based on OpenStreetMap data checkout https://organicmaps.app/ https://organicmaps.app/

by zaik 4y ago

If you just want a polished offline maps app based on OpenStreetMap data checkout https://organicmaps.app/ https://organicmaps.app/

noirbot 4y ago

I really love Organic Maps. My biggest wish is that its bookmarking/tagging system for places was a little bit better. For how cluttered Google Maps has gotten, it's still the only maps app I've used that does a good job of letting me tag and categorize every lunch spot I like, or every bar someone's ever recommended to me, or that donut shop I tried once years ago. Having a quick and easy geospatial map of my personal points of interest is invaluable to deciding where I want to stay in a city, or remembering places across various trips. Organic Maps lets you star things, but without much for non-menu intensive categorization. And then when you go back to look around a city with your starred places later, it decides to make them about a 5px red circle until you zoom in so far it's showing you more information than you'd ever want to know about the zoning plan for every building on the street. It's partially the classic OSS problem. The people who want to not have the clutter of Google Maps have a high overlap with the sort of people who want the app to ultimately give them as much information as possible if they keep zooming in. To what someone else put in this comment section, some of the value of Google Maps is that they have a good idea of what businesses on a given street you actually care about. OSM will often show me in big text that, instead of the coffee shop I'm looking for, I could go to a stone wholesaler that's 3 doors down.

ForHackernews 4y ago

If you want them to continue existing, contribute! https://organicmaps.app/support-us/ https://organicmaps.app/support-us/

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hkt 4y ago

I just did a bike tour of Italy using this. It is absolutely fantastic and I've set up a monthly donation to them. Will be even happier when they get GPX imports working!

pabs3 4y ago

How does Organic Maps compare to OsmAnd?

moqmar 4y ago
Organic Maps is better for an average user to simply explore new places, OsmAnd is better if you want a customizable map for a specific use case (especially hiking or cycling).