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Organic Maps (Unofficial)

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Organic Maps is a free Android & iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists based on top of crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data and curated with love by MapsWithMe (Maps.Me) founders.

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Lets surpass the r/organicmaps community (lemmy.ca)
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The Reddit community has 735 subscribers that's 393 (44%) more than what we have and is 214 days older.

I will try keep posting here so this one can be the go to place for the discussion.

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[–] eatham@aussie.zone 2 points 11 hours ago

Sounds good

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Interesting, I'm here from /all. What exactly is Organic Maps, and what's its connection to OpenStreet Maps?

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Organic Maps is open source, beautiful and private. The app uses map data from Openstreetmap.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ah right. So it's like a front-end alternative UI to OSM, basically?

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 22 hours ago

Yeah, and very good one especially when it comes to cycling and walking routes - including forest trails, but I'm also using it for navigation when driving. Damn solid piece of software

[–] impolitecarry@lemmy.wtf 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Exactly, yes. One key difference in android v/s OSMand is that organic maps' route calculation is way faster.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Holy shit, just had a look at their Google Play entry and I fucking love how highly responsive they are to their users. Definitely gonna download it and give it a go.

Sunshine, consider yourself one user closer to overtaking Reddit xD

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Your welcome <3, I'm glad you're impressed with the team, those folks work hard!

[–] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@fedia.io 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Hi! Also a long time user of OSMand+ I'm going to have a look, but I have some questions for the community

  1. Does this app work as well for all parts of the world? I'm in Europe
  2. I have a subscription to OSM (just to support them). Would that be lost if I use this app?
[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Does this app work as well for all parts of the world? I’m in Europe

Yes, it covers all the regions and Europe's has the most detailed maps in openstreetmap especially Germany.

I have a subscription to OSM (just to support them). Would that be lost if I use this app?

No, as it uses the same openstreetmaps database to power the app. So you can continue to donate.

[–] kuerbiskernoel@feddit.org 3 points 17 hours ago

From Europe: Works perfectly for me (and why wouldn't it, it's just OSM)

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 4 points 20 hours ago

Joined!

I use OrganicMaps for viewing my own collection of my daily GPS coordinates, it's pretty handy for recalling where you were / when and not having to sell out to Google Location History to do so.

[–] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It ain't Google maps ready but for any FOSS enthusiast it is the proper choice esp once you install TTS service

It works

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

I have been contributing to the osm database a lot recently so that is quickly changing.

[–] NanoooK@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

How does it compare to Magic Earth?