• unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz
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    4 days ago

    why is Organic Street Maps better than the other ones, that claim to be Open Street Maps derived?

    bandwidth is not disposable ya’ll.

          • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
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            3 days ago

            Organic Maps is definitely easier to use, especially for new users but OsmAnd is more powerful. I have both and they’re awesome.

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              3 days ago

              I wish there was some way to share the assets since they use the same base data. I use osmand because I find it better for hiking and route planning to send to my watch, but would use organic as well if I I didn’t need to keep two copies of the maps.

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                2 days ago

                Yeah I know what you mean. Map downloads especially can take up a lot of space/take a lot of mobile data to download. I tried to copy them across manually once but it didn’t work.

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        4 days ago

        that’s enough for me, except are the other ones not good?

        downloading maps for offline – you nuts? how does anyone profit from the clicks?

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            3 days ago

            that is an extra plus feature i always wanted from a “smart” phone - offline maps. i spent money on some of those apps back when it was kicking off and a very few of them were actually helpful, like showing me actual USGS topo maps.

            would not have helped me that much for survival on my Hawaiian big island fuckabout, because even the big island is not big enough to get truly lost. i tried!

            eventually I went downhill on the volcano towards the ocean for a day or two until cell reception and called my girlfriend and told her I hit my head pretty hard and she should come get me.

            still the maps would have been super interesting. also, Red River Gorge, and all the southwestern N. America desert.