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"Application that is no longer developed and has been removed from PlayStore." Compared to that, Organic Maps work and is being actively developed.
by thriftwy 3y ago
"Application that is no longer developed and has been removed from PlayStore."
Compared to that, Organic Maps work and is being actively developed.
- Animats 3y agoAh. I got ZAnavi from F-Droid. It downloads maps directly from Open Street Map, so it's not dependent on the app developer for data. I tend to prefer apps that don't get "updated". Too often, that means adding ads, begging, or tracking. The "Simple" series of Android apps went down that hole.
- thriftwy 3y agoWhat do you mean by "downloading maps directly from OSM"? OSM is a database. If it is downloading rasterized images from the web site, then the difference is that Organic Maps is a vector mapping app.
- Animats 3y agoI think it's using downloads from https://download.geofabrik.de/ https://download.geofabrik.de/ That extracts regions from Open Street Map and packages them as files.
- thriftwy 3y agoWhat if their format changes? The app will no longer work.
- sahkopoyta 3y agoIt is fairly standard source for OSM data afaik. Organic Maps uses it as well at least for some cases.