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Organic Maps: An Open-Source Maps App That Doesn't Suck (hardfault.life)
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cross-posted from: https://psychedelia.ink/post/526072

My impression of Organic Maps immediately improved when I started driving. It talks! It knows exit numbers! It can tell you which lanes to use! Sure, it isn’t as polished as Google Maps, but all of the functionality is present. The UI is high-contrast and easy to read, although I wish the text showing exit numbers/street names was a little bigger. When you’re simply on the road and following directions, Organic Maps feels every bit as intuitive as Google Maps.

As my fiancee and I prepared to set off into the boonies, I plugged in the address of our hotel. About 45 seconds later, Organic Maps returned the 300-mile route to our destination. It can take a lot longer to calculate longer routes using your phone’s processor instead of a huge cloud server. It didn’t really bother me though; 45 seconds is nothing compared to the 6-hour trip ahead. If that’s the cost of using a maps app that doesn’t spray your personal data all over the internet, I’ll pay it.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe you should contact the authors of Organic Maps and report this as a bug?

I use OSM too but via OSMAnd. The privacy is one thing but I use it because it's offline. If Google maps, Internet or Cell Data goes down, I still get home. Another bonus is longer battery life with my data turned off.