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Most effective map navigation app?
(lemmy.ml)
HERE WE GO has been a great Google Map alternative for me.
With OSM I don't understand how to enter my destination address. Like today I needed to get from work real quick somewhere. I caved and went to the evil map. But otherwise I get to work with it in case the freeway gets plugged.
data-wise, OsmAnd and Organic both use OpenStreetMap so there's no difference. I am not sure the second error in your post is a osm problem or it's just osmand
Organic maps is nicer gui and directions, i'm trying to use it more.
And you can edit them and add places that are missing
For most people Organic Maps is the move.
I love OSMand and it has become my digital pin board of places I've been to over the years. It can do a lot (for example I have a preset with sat imagery and a transparent topo map overlay for hiking) but it can be clunky, and a lot of cool stuff is hard to find and change in the menus.
I love OSMand. It does exactly what a map should do. It doesn't have these weird user unfriendly quirks that Here and Google Maps have that make them harder to use.
I just have one problem with it, it gives some directions via notifications instead of voice, for some reason, which is baaaad when you're driving.
This is perfect! Ty
@JoelJ
You can also try MagicEarth from PlayStore
Recommending an app from the play store seems counterintuitive to degoogling, no?
i have been using magic earth with no issues.
Sadly traffic is not available in lots of places :(
Another vote for Magic Earth, the other providers do not have addresses past street - level in my location. No complaints at all :)
Thanks, I'll give that a try after Organic Maps. I had the same issue with no street numbers too
Best I've seen so far is organic maps. It's very good on local It shows you all the building numbers around you which is kind of nice. However it does not work well on long trips. And more than once I've had to download fairly large blocks of extra tiles if I'm not on an interstate.
To get you back and forth to a doctor or a dentist or a couple of towns over it's fabulous.
I prefer organic maps to osmand but neither is great. My old Garmin car GPS was in some ways better. Google's main competitor is unfortunately probably Apple Maps.
I guess buying a car GPS system is still an option 🤔
I usually use magic earth and i really like it. I've been trying organic maps because it was in the fdroid store but i'm not really a fan of the user interface. It's only been a few days and i think i need to mess with it more to get used to it, but magic earth was great at finding places and navigating and the user interface was pretty intuitive.
I use "HERE we go" in Germany
this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2025
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