What maps app do you use
What maps app do you use
After the news that Google maps will rename the gulf of Mexico to the gulf of America I finally decided to change maps app(not confirmed).
What recommendations do you have? What to look out for?
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- For directions, I use OrganicMaps.
- For location bookmarks/pins, I'm currently building an app, so I use that.
- For checking business information, sometimes i'll still use google maps
Organic maps takes next to forever to plan a route for me, if it manages at all
I used 1.5 year ago organic maps on Samsung galaxy S5, what do you mean? It's usable even on ancient devices, and is definitely the best FOSS maps out there
I think it might be to do with the layout of the roads here. It's not simply long highways and simple grids
Huh really? I haven't had that issue. But we might be totally different use-cases; If I'm routing, I'm usually in major cities mapping a route via public transit. I quite like OrganicMaps for this, because it's still quite stable in underground subways when internet is sus.
edit: To be clear, I haven't noticed issues when I map for driving either, but I'm admittedly not driving a crazy amount.
Organic maps doesn't appear to know public transport exists where I live. We have been trying out different apps for bicycle trips
Hmmm I'm not as familiar with how routing works with OSM, but I wonder if those transits routes show up in other OSM apps, or if Organic Maps is flitering/sorting that in a way where it isn't used? Like is the data missing, or is the app doing something poorly?
it comes up with very different routes compared to google, that much I know