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Project for people leaving Google Maps. (feddit.org)
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[–] 46 points 2 years ago (19 children)

OrganicMaps is amazing. Strong recommend to everyone. I only recently found out about it.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (12 children)

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

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (6 children)
    • 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.
    • No ads
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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    It shows me where the speed cameras are :)

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Waze does that too + reported police, hazards

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Same, I have recently installed LineageOS on my phone and was looking for various replacements for Goggle apps. What I really like about OrganicMaps is that it downloads the maps locally, so you can view it even if you aren't connected to the internet.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    google maps can do that too though

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