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In 2023 Organic Maps got its first million users (organicmaps.app)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There are two primary issues with Organic Maps that I keep running into:

No live traffic. This will probably be the case with any fully FOSS solution, as there isn't currently a good way to gather that kind of data that respects privacy and also has enough recent data to be useful. (Not a deal breaker for me though.)
No alternate routes. This is a much bigger issue for me and keeps me largely on Magic Earth (OSM data but closed source app.) There are cases where there are multiple routes to a destination that are equal in time. Magic Earth will identify those and let me pick between them before it starts routing.

This is a super useful feature and I hope it comes to Organic Maps at some point.

Otherwise, really nice app and I enjoy using it for routes that I'm not really in a rush to get to or that are otherwise familiar.