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While not necessarily related to Wikipedia, I focus a lot on the offline usage of my phone: I fly a few times per year and I like to travel. Even in 2023, inter

by canpan 3y ago

While not necessarily related to Wikipedia, I focus a lot on the offline usage of my phone: I fly a few times per year and I like to travel. Even in 2023, internet is not always working so great. Two important things for me are: * Offline Map - The times I need a map and I am offline are strongly correlated. * Stardew Valley - Great game, pay only once, play offline, no ads. Wikipedia does sound cool though. Maybe I'll trial one of the reduced size versions.

123pie123 3y ago
I strongly recommend Organic Maps for a free offline map application
- FredPret 3y ago
  Organic Maps: 10/10 Completely offline, shows more info about the landscape than Google/Apple Maps, especially for hiking, has almost all businesses, has driving directions.
  - 123pie123 3y ago
    you can also add and change that map - openstreetmap.org it's very rewarding when you see your changes being used by other people and apps
  - solardev 3y ago
    It heavily depends on your area though. It's often way behind Google Maps, in every populated place I've tried it in the USA. (Businesses are years out of date, roads are missing or incorrect, etc.) I do contribute to OSM, but day to day I find Google Maps + Alltrails + Trailforks to be more practical (all paid, closed source, but high quality data). Google Maps also has free offline tiles. Those other two have paid offline maps, but it's worth it to not have to always wonder if your map is accurate.
    - thinkling 3y ago
      A tip about offline Google Maps: When your phone can “hear” a cell tower (and thus thinks it’s online) but doesn’t have enough signal to get any data, apps like Google Maps and Gaia will often hang instead of showing you the downloaded map data that’s on your phone. Put your phone in airplane mode to fix that behavior.
xanderlewis 3y ago
> Stardew Valley - Great game, pay only once, play offline, no ads It’s a sad indictment of the current times that this isn’t completely standard.

by canpan 3y ago

123pie123 3y ago

I strongly recommend Organic Maps for a free offline map application

FredPret 3y ago
Organic Maps: 10/10 Completely offline, shows more info about the landscape than Google/Apple Maps, especially for hiking, has almost all businesses, has driving directions.
- 123pie123 3y ago
  you can also add and change that map - openstreetmap.org it's very rewarding when you see your changes being used by other people and apps
- solardev 3y ago
  It heavily depends on your area though. It's often way behind Google Maps, in every populated place I've tried it in the USA. (Businesses are years out of date, roads are missing or incorrect, etc.) I do contribute to OSM, but day to day I find Google Maps + Alltrails + Trailforks to be more practical (all paid, closed source, but high quality data). Google Maps also has free offline tiles. Those other two have paid offline maps, but it's worth it to not have to always wonder if your map is accurate.
  - thinkling 3y ago
    A tip about offline Google Maps: When your phone can “hear” a cell tower (and thus thinks it’s online) but doesn’t have enough signal to get any data, apps like Google Maps and Gaia will often hang instead of showing you the downloaded map data that’s on your phone. Put your phone in airplane mode to fix that behavior.

xanderlewis 3y ago

> Stardew Valley - Great game, pay only once, play offline, no ads It’s a sad indictment of the current times that this isn’t completely standard.