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fizwidget | 3 years ago

OrganicMaps is worth supporting IMHO: https://organicmaps.app/donate/

It’s a FOSS maps app for iOS/Android that uses OpenStreetMaps data. Offline support & minimal battery usage make it ideal for walks/hikes/travelling.

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solarkraft|3 years ago

Organic Maps is great. It's close to a drop in replacement for Google Maps on Android.

Ao7bei3s|3 years ago

It's the best we have and has made so much headway, but it's got so many little usability issues, big and little missing features and insufficient data in OSM (location reviews/pictures, often even opening times, highway lane indicators, traffic jam avoidance, car parking location save feature, stop signs, speed limits...) and little annoyances that even as an Open street map contributor I stick to GoogleMaps for anything other than hiking.

It's rendering style is sooooo nice though, I really wish Osmand could render in the same style.

I do think it is a great project to support, where donations can have an outsized impact. Organic maps is our best shot yet at having OSM get wide use for general navigation. I just worry that it's ideological stance (e.g. no data collection ever) means it will never be able to support some things (e.g. traffic aware time estimates and routing, accident and speed trap warnings or sharing own live location with friends) that people just expect.