What are some reasons as to why I would want to use this over, say, OSMAnd?
I like OSMAnd’s visuals, very simple and configurable. OM seems to just be material design. Subjective of course!
It is way way lighter weight and is overall a better experience. I use osmand for routing because the voice is much better tuned (OM just says barely-useful things like “turn left” instead of “turn left at Broadway”. I think both have their uses. If the voice was better I would use OM exclusively.
Organic Map’s voice turning instructions were just recently updated to include the street name (at least in the iOS TestFlight, not sure if it’s in the official release yet). This was something that was preventing me from fully switching over but since this change it is much more usable imo
Both are great but I find Organic better for searches and has a simpler UI (so a good replacement for google maps) but OsmAnd has more technical features and better for using offline, importing GPS tracks etc. I use Organic maps in the car and OsmAnd for hiking, cycling and sharing GPS coordinates.
What are some reasons as to why I would want to use this over, say, OSMAnd?
Osmand isn’t fully free software. Some parts are under CC Non-Commercial license that forbids derivatives to make life harder for potential forks: https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/blob/master/LICENSE#L39 That’s both against the Open Source Definition and Free Software.
I use both all the time. Organic Maps rendering and navigation feels snappier, even with 2.5D support, and less cluttered, but since I do contribute to OpenStreetMap, OsmAnd is unmatched for editing and access to power tools like up-to-date data, GPS tracking, PDI editions, etc.
Unfortunately, in my country the map is not as complete as the proprietary options, so, using OsmAnd is more practical for me. As a regular user, though, I’d prefer Organic Maps.
@selokichtli @warm Ever used #StreetComplete?
f-droid.org/de/packages/de.wes…
It is really helpfull If you wish enhancing OSM
I actually have used it. It’s very thorough but I find out more useful for areas where mapping is already good, while the areas I contribute to are not as well mapped. Every Door is also a great tool!
I wish Organic Maps had up-to-date maps. If there is any possibility for that please let me know!
Take StreetComplete with you when you’re out and do pokemon-style quests while at the same time improve the map of the area you’re in.
It’s very fun and quite addictive, and the data you’re providing is open source so it’s not free labour for some huge company.
If the maps in your area are incomplete, you have the power to change that by editing OpenStreetMap. Organic Maps updates its maps about once a month by pulling data from OpenStreetMap.
OsmAnd allows me to see changes in hours, for OrganicMaps I have to wait a full month.
I think this is to prevent organicmaps users from DDOSing the OSM servers by constantly streaming map data from them
Best osm map!
Doesn’t do bus routes. Guess I’m still stuck with Google.
You could try: https://transportr.app/
if you’re in one of the areas it covers, Offi is pretty solid Offi https://f-droid.org/packages/de.schildbach.oeffi/
Citymapper is also not bad but the coverage is v limited and it’s not open source
Bus routes should be there. But it does not do routing for buses if that is what you are after?
Yeah, basically. The most useful thing Google Maps does is work out which buses and transfers you have to take to get between one location and another, and until I can find a replacement for that I’m stuck with it.
Is this what Komoot uses?
I’ve been so impressed with the pathways etc, it’s amazing
