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What 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 t
by thriftwy 3y ago
What 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.