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[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I use this for everything except driving. Organic Maps also makes it easy to add new new points to openstreetmaps :)

For driving I use Magic Earth. Not open source but their privacy policy states they don't sell your data or store PII.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Seems like Organic Maps aren't saints either.

Apparently the recent lack of updates on F-Droid is due to them including referral links for hotels and refusing to remove it or make it an opt-out feature...

Here's a relevant issue if anyone's interested: https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/7218

//edit
Looking at the discussions it's even worse, the devs try to argue that F-Droid is being unfair and referral links shouldn't be "misclassified" as ads...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

Yeah they advertise no ads, but then have referral links to Kayak in their app. Seems like the main devs have gone off their rockers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

They're also doing the same thing with Google Play - arguing that collecting user emails for osm login doesn't count as collecting data.

[–] iturnedintoanewt 6 points 10 months ago

I always worry with Magic Earth... What's their business plan then? How are they making money?

[–] runwaylights 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I tried using Magic Earth and especially the driving mode is great and sometimes it worked flawlessly but I regularly had freezes and crashes. Do you have any issues with it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No unfortunately I haven't had crashes during my 2 years of using it, running on LineageOS with and without microg.

[–] runwaylights 2 points 10 months ago

I'm on a Fairphone 4 with e/os, maybe it's just not quick enough

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Thanks for posting it. Nice alternative to GMaps

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Organic maps is just damn great, the default any time I need to use map for routes or just whatever on phone

Also osm (and Organic maps using osm) has so much better coverage for smaller trails and forest roads than gmaps it's crazy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you like Organic Maps.

Consider installing StreetComplete , it makes it very easy to contribute to OpenStreetMaps!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

My quibble with it is the way that parks and such aren't properly delineated. And they disappear depending on your zoom level

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Organic maps is great. Google maps needs data to open even when you have offline maps stored lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Has anyone also used maps me as a comparison?

That's what I usually use, I haven't heard of organic maps until recently.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"They're the same picture"

Organic maps is a continuation of the old Maps.me as far as I understand.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Oh, haha, I'm still using maps me, have they stopped updating? I always manage to keep using an app that I haven't noticed hasn't updated in forever.

Thanks

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I just wish they would have android auto. It's been years since it was a summer of code thing and it never gets done.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

This app has saved my tail so many times. I tell everyone to install it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wish there was a way to get satellite view

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Osm gets aerial data from bing. I'm not sure its licensable though

[–] Imhotep 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When I zoom out it crashes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Did you loom to see if there is a issue open?