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Organic Maps is the best open source Maps App I've ever tried (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 months ago by tootnbuns@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/android@lemdro.id
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It's essentially an open source fork of maps.me by the original creators.

I've been using OSMAnd for years, but it always felt laggy and not that reliable. Searching was slow and so on. Many street or things it didn't instantly find.

In the Graphene App Store I jnust discovered Accrescent (another app store thing but only with like 10 apps - they're all gold though, god damn)

An in there I found organic maps. And this shit is google maps level responsive. If you're on the lookout for a google maps replacement - consider trying this.

Byeeee

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[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 42 points 2 months ago

For driving I recommend Magic Earth, it's based on OSM data but uses proprietary traffic information as well

[-] smokinliver@sopuli.xyz 24 points 2 months ago

Yeah, you can see that organic maps is sadly not there yet in terms of driving-interface, but hopefully its getting there soon.

Afaik the app is far younger than magic earth and for what it is its super good. I'm so stoked to see how organic maps is gonna develop in the coming years

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 7 points 2 months ago

I second magic earth for driving. The only reason I haven't entirely removed Google maps from my phone yet is because magic earth doesn't have data on business hours. This is the last killer feature I'm waiting for.

In the meantime I'm routing for any open source map that can do live traffic and business info.

[-] timestatic@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago

Honestly, I uses organic maps and if its not mapped I just go on the business website. Fuck google, thats why!

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

I use gmap wv for that. It's just the web view of google maps but works better than Firefox and easier to pull up when osm fails. Navigation obviously doesn't work but should satisfy your use case.

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[-] ijeff@lemdro.id 4 points 2 months ago

Interesting. Do you happen to know where it gets its traffic data from? I haven't yet personally found anything nearly as useful as Waze.

[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

They collect location of their users but anonimize every data on device, they can't track anyone personally. They also sell their SDK to businesses and collect data from there as well.

[-] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

From reading the Magic Earth FAQ, I believe the user data actually isn't used for traffic at all (at least the manually reported events certainly aren't).

Edit: never mind I missed a later part in the FAQ:

Do you share data with third parties?

We send position data to our traffic provider to generate real-time traffic information. The data is anonymized on the phone, using a changing key (so it's not linked to you), and it is deleted after 5 minutes.

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[-] machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Will check this out, thanks for the recommendation!

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Proprietary software that collects my data, no thanks. It was fine when there weren't any alternatives but that isn't the case anymore.

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[-] fraksken@infosec.pub 41 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Idk ... In their description on f-droid they crossed out "no pesticides" and wrote "purely organic" ... It implies they are using organic pesticides. Not sure if that's something for me tbh.

Edit: screenshot added

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago

It is pretty solid. It lacks some advanced features such as routing around preset areas but that's a minor complaint.

Aldo it is only as good as OSM. Get to work on the map.

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 6 points 2 months ago

Also the search doesn't work, so there is that...

Also using it in android auto is a pain and every action takes between 10x and 100x longer than on the phone.

But yeah it is pretty good and I try to contribute to it when I can. I don't know how to contribute to bad instruction translations though. It just says "verlaat" on an exit in dutch which grammatically makes no sense.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

You should open an issue

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[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 9 points 2 months ago

Does it know how to navigate NYC public transit? That's a big use case for me. I don't need driving directions. I need to know which subway is closest.

[-] sunbytes@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Ok downloaded. Seems very nice!

Still working out how to get directions but all things in good time.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 7 points 2 months ago

Does it do navigation with routes based on current traffic conditions? Because that's table stakes to me.

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[-] hummingbird@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Organic Maps is my goto solution for car navigation because it is very quick, responsive and does not require an high end phone. It just works. However for anything more advanced than that (e.g. live location sharing or recording, planning a hiking trip, navigating mountain bike trails, contributing to OpenStreemMap), OSMAnd is still without contender.

[-] SeekPie@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

For me, it's even better than GMaps, because it lets me navigate on bike paths, which GMaps couldn't.

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[-] CynicusRex@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Thanks for the share, had no idea. It felt so nice that I already added two contributions to OpenStreetMap.

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[-] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Wow that genuinely looks unbelievable!

It's like an old mall or whatever map except without you are here and movable!

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

What until you discover OSM (that's what Organic maps uses)

[-] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

It's also improving really fast. Organic Maps has a great community of developers.

[-] thegreenguy@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

Too bad OSM (and by extension this app) doesn't have public transport directions...

[-] petrescatraian@mstdn.ro 3 points 2 months ago

@thegreenguy It doesn't, but if you're lucky, your city might have a transit app itself (mine does). Even if chances are that it's not open source either, you'll still be able to cut your dependency to Google to a certain extent.

@tootnbuns

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[-] tootnbuns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Word. That's one of the things where osm gets smashed by this app

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[-] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

It is nice app but the problem is it doesn't show Czech hiking and cycling routes by default. I didn't figured out how to enable them.

[-] Suoko@feddit.it 5 points 2 months ago

In Berlin it was missing some public transportations like tram

[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Thanks!

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

Welcome : )

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's my go to! Also check out the !open_street_maps@lemmy.world community

Edit: sorry, it looks like the more active community is !openstreetmap@lemmy.ml but I guess you can join both lol!

[-] cheers_queers@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

so i opened this app for the first time just now and entered my address, but it only went to my street. when i tap my house, it just says "building".. is there no residential support?

[-] imblue@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

Depends in where you live. For instance in Germany house numbers are associated with the building but in France house numbers are their own object. The Idea there being that one should map the location where the plate with the houseumber is, and not the building(s) its associated with. If you dig throug osm map forums or issue trackers you'll find the dispute resurfacing every now and then.

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

Downloaded because of this post, it is very good!

[-] scaryjelly@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

I always felt drawn back to G-Maps until a few months ago when a friend recommended this app. Organic Maps is gorgeous!

[-] tootnbuns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

After a few days of use - as a cyclist - I only have one note. I'm missing the cycling style option from OSM. That's a real game changer right there.

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

Specifically for Prague (ha! I'm here now) mapy is insanely good

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