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Project for people leaving Google Maps. (feddit.org)

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[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Any details on why it's amazing? What does it do or doesn't?

[-] volkerwirsing@feddit.org 39 points 2 months ago

It has the map corpus from OpenStreetMap, so one of the best in the world
It works offline - just download the desired maps onto the device
That makes it really, really fast. Google Maps is slower
You can also use it in areas with bad reception. I'm using it for hiking in the woods where there is no cell phone connection available
I really like the UI - they are f.e. better at displaying house numbers and street names than Google.
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[-] wizrad@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago

On the hiking note, it also shows a lot of trails. I used it to navigate to a trail head and was pleasantly surprised to see a rough outline of the trails I would be using plus some others I didn't know were there.

[-] semperverus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

It even has water markers for longer trails where youd be hiking for weeks or months at a time. Sometimes those spots are dry, but you can clearly see water channels in the ground where it would be flowing.

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Maybe it's iOS specific but I had to go to a region and download the map to be able to search it, which is not great

[-] antipiratgruppen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

It's the same on Android.

[-] erenkoylu@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

It shows me where the speed cameras are :)

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Waze does that too + reported police, hazards

[-] erenkoylu@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I see no benefit to using Waze. Openstreepmap works better.

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Well i didn't know it existed so I would have had a hard time using it in the past, I just commented from my perspective that's not an advantage over what I already use