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For offline use I've been quite happy with Maps.me (also OSM-based) but it sounds like Organic Maps is worth a try.

by euroderf 3y ago

LeoPanthera 3y ago
Organic Maps is a fork of Maps.me.
- emaro 3y ago
  Of the original creators.
onetimeacc 3y ago
Organic Maps comes from the original founders of Maps.me.
biodranik 3y ago
We have created maps.me, open-sourced it, and then forked it to create Organic Maps.
KoftaBob 3y ago
Just a heads up for context: "In November 2014, Maps.me was acquired by Mail.Ru Group for 542 million Russian rubles" "On November 2, 2020, Daegu Limited bought Maps.me for 1.56 Billion Russian rubles. Daegu Limited is announced to be part of Parity.com Group" "Parity.com Group is privately held and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. It was founded by Viktor Mangazeev and Alex Grebnev in 2018. " https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=1323-14739415-5MB43M2EC22SO9IFIJCCRKURA3 https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=1323-1473...
- NelsonMinar 3y ago
  maps.me got turned into a cryptocurrency scam. It is bad software now, hence the great fork of Organic Maps.
  - CynicusRex 3y ago
    And it soon will be again it seems https://organicmaps.app/donate/ https://organicmaps.app/donate/.
palata 3y ago
In case the other messages are not completely clear: If you like Maps.me, you should move to Organic Maps. It's a fork, just strictly better.
euroderf 3y ago
OK, Organic Maps looks great. But how the heck do I transfer to it all my bookmarks from Maps.me ?
- ynoxinul 3y ago
  https://organicmaps.app/news/2021-06-20/to-import-bookmarks-from-mapsme-and-other-apps-which-support-kml-kmz-on-android-open-bookmarks-menu-from-the-bottom-toolbar-and-press-import-button/ https://organicmaps.app/news/2021-06-20/to-import-bookmarks-...
mpawelski 3y ago
Other people have already written that it's a fork of OrganicMaps by original authors. I'll just add that for me OrganicMaps is much better than current Maps.me which is getting worse and worse after it was sold to some Korean (or Chinese, don't remember now) company. The UI is much simpler and in recent months you can really start to see that OrganicMaps is becoming more detailed. I used to check from time to time the difference between Maps.me and OM and and it used to not be much of a difference, but now you have: more POIs (point of interests, like physiotherapist, specific kind of shops, etc.), better rendering of walls, fences, cliffs, embankments, hedges, better rendering of parking places (very recent update!), and more!

For offline use I've been quite happy with Maps.me (also OSM-based) but it sounds like Organic Maps is worth a try.

LeoPanthera 3y ago

Organic Maps is a fork of Maps.me.

emaro 3y ago
Of the original creators.

onetimeacc 3y ago

Organic Maps comes from the original founders of Maps.me.

biodranik 3y ago

We have created maps.me, open-sourced it, and then forked it to create Organic Maps.

KoftaBob 3y ago

Just a heads up for context: "In November 2014, Maps.me was acquired by Mail.Ru Group for 542 million Russian rubles" "On November 2, 2020, Daegu Limited bought Maps.me for 1.56 Billion Russian rubles. Daegu Limited is announced to be part of Parity.com Group" "Parity.com Group is privately held and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. It was founded by Viktor Mangazeev and Alex Grebnev in 2018. " https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=1323-14739415-5MB43M2EC22SO9IFIJCCRKURA3 https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=1323-1473...

NelsonMinar 3y ago
maps.me got turned into a cryptocurrency scam. It is bad software now, hence the great fork of Organic Maps.
- CynicusRex 3y ago
  And it soon will be again it seems https://organicmaps.app/donate/ https://organicmaps.app/donate/.

palata 3y ago

In case the other messages are not completely clear: If you like Maps.me, you should move to Organic Maps. It's a fork, just strictly better.

euroderf 3y ago

OK, Organic Maps looks great. But how the heck do I transfer to it all my bookmarks from Maps.me ?

ynoxinul 3y ago
https://organicmaps.app/news/2021-06-20/to-import-bookmarks-from-mapsme-and-other-apps-which-support-kml-kmz-on-android-open-bookmarks-menu-from-the-bottom-toolbar-and-press-import-button/ https://organicmaps.app/news/2021-06-20/to-import-bookmarks-...

mpawelski 3y ago

Other people have already written that it's a fork of OrganicMaps by original authors. I'll just add that for me OrganicMaps is much better than current Maps.me which is getting worse and worse after it was sold to some Korean (or Chinese, don't remember now) company. The UI is much simpler and in recent months you can really start to see that OrganicMaps is becoming more detailed. I used to check from time to time the difference between Maps.me and OM and and it used to not be much of a difference, but now you have: more POIs (point of interests, like physiotherapist, specific kind of shops, etc.), better rendering of walls, fences, cliffs, embankments, hedges, better rendering of parking places (very recent update!), and more!