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What maps app do you use (slrpnk.net)

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After the news that Google maps will rename the gulf of Mexico to the gulf of America I finally decided to change maps app(not confirmed).

What recommendations do you have? What to look out for?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Organic maps takes next to forever to plan a route for me, if it manages at all

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I used 1.5 year ago organic maps on Samsung galaxy S5, what do you mean? It's usable even on ancient devices, and is definitely the best FOSS maps out there

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

I think it might be to do with the layout of the roads here. It's not simply long highways and simple grids

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Huh really? I haven't had that issue. But we might be totally different use-cases; If I'm routing, I'm usually in major cities mapping a route via public transit. I quite like OrganicMaps for this, because it's still quite stable in underground subways when internet is sus.

edit: To be clear, I haven't noticed issues when I map for driving either, but I'm admittedly not driving a crazy amount.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Organic maps doesn't appear to know public transport exists where I live. We have been trying out different apps for bicycle trips

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

Hmmm I'm not as familiar with how routing works with OSM, but I wonder if those transits routes show up in other OSM apps, or if Organic Maps is flitering/sorting that in a way where it isn't used? Like is the data missing, or is the app doing something poorly?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

it comes up with very different routes compared to google, that much I know