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[-] gandalf_der_12te 10 points 2 months ago

It's only a matter of time until Google Maps will enshittify, too.

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[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

It's... okay?

In fact no, it's by-far the best Google Maps alternative I've used so far, this clears OsmAnd+ easily. However, it still has quite a way to go. I can see why it's awesome for hiking, but this has some interesting side effects.

For example, I noticed right away that it cannot search for specific places in non-downloaded maps. This might seem like a "duh", but the maps around here seem extremely fine-grained, so I need to first search for the town, then download the map, then search for the street and address, then I can navigate. Oh no wait I cannot, I need to also download maps for all places in-between.

This makes complete sense for hiking, where I'm confined to a - comparatively - small area and want to pre-download this, at all times, always. And also don't really "search" for a specific address to route to beforehand, rather for a general area and then just get the map.

And of course, the quality of navigation is... adventurous. But I expected that, that's just something GMaps has a huge starting advantage at, and this clears what OsmAnd+ does and honestly feels better than Apple Maps, too. Though that's maybe not high praise, as in this area of the world Apple Maps is like getting lost only you use a smartphoen to do it.
Still, it's the second best I've seen. And for an open source app, that's an insane feat.

Hugely impressed, TY OP. Never heard of this before.

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

Might I recommend Magic Earth?

Organic maps is great, but the search is really finnicky.

Magic Earth has amazing UI, search, it can acts as a dashcam as you travel and that video can pinpoint your place on the map. I'm loving it.

[-] T0RB1T@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago
[-] ozoned@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Dang it! Didn't even think to check ... Boo! Organic Maps it is!

[-] DiabolicalBird@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

I'm not sure how or why, but Magic Earth has a FAR more complete address list than OSMand or Organic Maps where I live. It must be pulling from another data source as well, OSM doesn't have addresses for several neighborhoods in the city but Magic Earth does.

Would anyone know why that would be?

OSM not having massive chunks of my home city really does leave me with either Google Maps or Magic Earth.

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

I tried this for my hiking trip and it is really good for that. But when i tried to use it as a navigation tool with my motorcycle it lagged pretty much all the time and couldn't keep up with my position and speed. I tried to change permissions for the app, but so far nothing worked.

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

That's a shame. I just want to say that this issue is definitely not universal as I use it for navigation while driving and it works very well for me, and I've heard the same from others too. I'm not sure why it isn't working as well for you.

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[-] gon@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

oh this is amazing

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 8 points 2 months ago

Don't post pictures of text

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

Lemmy added an alt text field for image-only posts a few versions ago; it would be nice if more people would use it.

At least this post does link to the mastodon post which it is a screenshot of.

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[-] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
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[-] coolusername@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

i hope the author makes it available on whatever store harmony os has

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[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Does the app have:

  • Location sharing
  • Live traffic updates
  • Public transportation

Missing one of these is a deal breaker.

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[-] sassypablo 5 points 2 months ago

Absolutely love organic maps for cycling! It recommendeds sensible routes that are much safer. The only feature I miss (and I know organic maps strives for 100% feature completeness even offline so this would be unlikely to be added) is navigation using public transit in the UK. The national rail app is painfully slow and isn't easy to just search a location and just go, but it does work. Every bus company has their own app too... I haven't found a good replacement yet unfortunately :/

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[-] LordCrom@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

How many non tech people would use this, especially if not in play store. 95% of people don't know fdroid exists

[-] chebra@mstdn.io 8 points 2 months ago

@LordCrom @101

> 95% of people don’t know fdroid exists

Exactly, so let's keep talking about F-Droid and recommend it to the 95% of people, shall we?

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

What impetus would most people have to mentally even start considering replacing Google Maps?

Much like with making people switch to Firefox as a browser, the first step to a tech user is understanding that to most non-tech users, the concept of thinking about a browser choice makes no sense, as their goal is to open a web page, and the specifics between now and the web page being opened are irrelevant. It's equivalent to making non-DIY people care about the specifics of the brand of the hammer at home, it's not like they couldn't, but the very idea of doing that would usually leave them looking at you bewildered, as it feels arcane to invest brain time into a tool this simplistic and invisible.

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

Its there any "android auto" alternative? so i can use it in my car's screen without google

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