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> It has more features but is slower and clunkier Just to clarify: OsmAnd has more features, CoMaps and Organic Maps are much faster. (Aside: I'm using CoMaps
by jech 1mo ago
> It has more features but is slower and clunkier
Just to clarify: OsmAnd has more features, CoMaps and Organic Maps are much faster.
(Aside: I'm using CoMaps myself. The main missing features are tracking (I use OpenTracks for that) and public transportation (I use a website for that). End of aside.)
- ihatehn 1mo agoCoMaps lets you record a route, though it's somewhat limited
- atkirtland 1mo agoWhat website do you use for public transportation?
- lucgommans 1mo agoI was recently recommended https://api.transitous.org https://api.transitous.org (it's a webapp despite the domain). It can do things like "someone can pick me up on the far side and I don't mind walking 30 minutes at the start at 6 km/h, what's the optimal route to take?" Revolutionary! Finally I don't have to look on a map to find all stations in walking/cycling/driving distance and then route to/from every possible combination of start and end station manually to see what busses and trains run there. And repeat the process with each schedule change in each involved country. Every other transport app that I know of will try to keep you within a few hundred metres of a bus stop or train station at all times and say "there exists no route" before telling you to cycle 10 minutes or from which station you have the shortest remaining distance by taxi or whatever
- schubidubiduba 1mo agoThere is actually work being done to integrate exactly this API into Comaps! Although it will certainly take some more time, especially until these more niche routing features are available
- jraph 1mo agoKDE Itinerary, a mobile and desktop application, is becoming better and better for this. It's based on MOTIS / Transitous. I just discovered cartes.app can do this too!
- jech 1mo agoI've found that websites specific to a single European country or, in the case of France, to a single city are the ones that work best.
- ligarota 1mo ago[dead]
- yread 1mo agorome2rio.com works reasonably well to at least get an idea where to look up the exact prices and timetables
- olyjohn 1mo agoWait, I just used the tracking the other day and generated a GPX from it. It also drew me an elevation map and gave me some other info about the trip. Is there some other tracking that it can't do?
- jech 1mo agoI stand corrected, CoMaps can do tracking. It was introduced in Organic Maps a couple of years ago, but I was already using OpenTracks, so I never switched away from it.
- flexagoon 1mo agoOsmAnd is not that much slower nowadays since they added the new OpenGL renderer. It is, however, less convenient and pretty. I think OsmAnd really shines for things like hiking, whereas for regular urban navigation CoMaps works just as well.
- hv42 1mo agoExactly my experience as well. OSMAnd is a lot better for hiking as it has 3d views, hiking routes, topo maps and better routing in general. Comaps is great for city navigation or casual usage
- shiandow 1mo agoI also really like the star chart they added recently. Seems like a minor thing but it's just really handy to have it available for the few occasions you need it.
- coldpie 1mo agoI gave CoMaps a shot this morning, but it doesn't support public transit in my city (Minneapolis/Saint Paul area) which is an instant deal killer. Bummer.
- flaburgan 1mo agoThere is tracking in Comaps, what do you miss from it?