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What app is so useful, you can’t believe it’s free? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 37 points 2 years ago (7 children)

It's a beautiful, FOSS, offline/local Google maps-like app for Android that uses Open Street Map data.

There are plenty of other offline/local map apps, some paid, some free, but they are nowhere near as polished.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.organicmaps/

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

    Is open street map data pretty accurate? I don't expect google mas level of accuracy but I think its important that I can rely on the maps when I don't know anything about where I'm at

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

    I did a month long trip around western Europe (Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Sweden) and used Organic Maps as my only navigation app. Worked well for everything I used it for. Even the metro data was accurate. Also, in my home country, Estonia, it's even better than Google Maps, because it has bike navigation integrated.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    It's way more accurate that google map. But it lacks a lot of stores and opening times in less touristy countries.

    If you want to contribute check out StreetComplete for an easy way.

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