I find this applies even semi-locally. I take a lot of trips out east into the Anza Borrego desert near San Diego and my phone coverage out there is spotty at

I find this applies even semi-locally. I take a lot of trips out east into the Anza Borrego desert near San Diego and my phone coverage out there is spotty at best, and often non-existent. Google Maps' offline caching is a pretty terrible bolted on feature that they obviously don't care much about; Having OSM maps (I use the OsmAnd client) available out there is insanely convenient. Due to the offline deficiencies, the terrible user experience regression from Maps 6.x->7.x, etc, I find myself using Google Maps less and less to the point where I'm not even sure my next phone will be Android based (until recently Google Maps/Nav was the killer app for Android for me, now I barely enjoy using that app at all).