The May 2024 Organic Maps update with bookmarks and tracks sorting by name, better paved/unpaved paths colors, GPX import fixes, drive-thorough, and many other changes
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The May 2024 Organic Maps update (get it here) supports bookmarks and tracks sorting by name, paved paths are white, and unpaved ones are brown. And there are s…
  • warm@kbin.earth
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    6 months ago

    What are some reasons as to why I would want to use this over, say, OSMAnd?

    • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      Both are great but I find Organic better for searches and has a simpler UI (so a good replacement for google maps) but OsmAnd has more technical features and better for using offline, importing GPS tracks etc. I use Organic maps in the car and OsmAnd for hiking, cycling and sharing GPS coordinates.

    • muhyb@programming.dev
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      6 months ago

      OsmAnd may have lots of features but it’s heavy and clunky. Organic Maps on the other hand is quite light and very fast. If you don’t need the some features OsmAnd has, Organic Maps is a way better experience.

    • squeakycat@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      It is way way lighter weight and is overall a better experience. I use osmand for routing because the voice is much better tuned (OM just says barely-useful things like “turn left” instead of “turn left at Broadway”. I think both have their uses. If the voice was better I would use OM exclusively.

      • ryguyflyguy@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        Organic Map’s voice turning instructions were just recently updated to include the street name (at least in the iOS TestFlight, not sure if it’s in the official release yet). This was something that was preventing me from fully switching over but since this change it is much more usable imo

        • squeakycat@lemmy.ml
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          6 months ago

          Oh yay! Happy times. The fdroid version doesn’t have that yet but I look forward to the update.

    • selokichtli@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      I use both all the time. Organic Maps rendering and navigation feels snappier, even with 2.5D support, and less cluttered, but since I do contribute to OpenStreetMap, OsmAnd is unmatched for editing and access to power tools like up-to-date data, GPS tracking, PDI editions, etc.

      Unfortunately, in my country the map is not as complete as the proprietary options, so, using OsmAnd is more practical for me. As a regular user, though, I’d prefer Organic Maps.