Organic Maps (Unofficial)

I normally use the version (pictured to the right) from the F-Droid repo. I was curious about what features the version (pictured to the left) from the IzzyOnDroid repo had since it supposedly has non-free components and promotes non-free network services. After testing it and comparing it for a few minutes I can't really find any differences. The package names and file sizes are different though. Does anybody else know?

I noticed that on OSMand there's an option which lets you use online navigation, which lets you avoid using up storage space, I think this is particularly useful on a 1-time journey, either long-distance or in an area you won't visit again. You'd also be able to get real-time travel info like public transport times and the quickest routes, granted not as good as google's harvested data, but still something that could be useful.

Cross-posted from "What happened to Organic Maps?" by @[email protected] in [email protected]

Edit: Solved. Missed Sunshine's post yesterday about it: https://lemmy.ca/post/40704347

The GitHub repos at https://github.com/organicmaps are all public archives now, but there's no information on them about why.

It still shows up as Gulf of Mexico on Organic Maps. At least with Openstreetmaps the community can debate the topic while not having to deal with corporate higher-ups who force through the change anyways despite feedback.

How often does Organic Maps pull map updates from OpenStreetMap? Can I manually trigger the update or do I have to wait? Does the update happen automatically or do I have to delete the current map data I have and then redownload it?

I've been messing around with Magic Earth and Organic Maps recently.

I immediately noticed that when I type a home address in Magic Earth, the app can take me to the exact house on the block.

However, when I type the same home address in Organic Maps, the app can only take me to the street where the house is. It can find the exact house.

Why is this the case? I thought both Magic Earth and Organic Maps used the same map data behind the scenes...

Dark theme is almost impossible to see. Dark blue on dark gray and black is a mess, at least in my phone.

Google Maps and Apple Maps have capitulated to the orange buffoon.

From patchnotes:

• New OpenStreetMap data as of January 21

• Tap tracks to display statistics and an interactive elevation profile

• A standalone Track Recording button

• Track Recording Live Activity Widget with track statistics (iOS16.2 and later)

• Added Serbian (Cyrillic) and Latvian languages

• Added tower POls

• Added specific icons for Hong Kong, Shenzhen metro and Berlin light rail, a separate monorail icon

• Added a context menu to the coordinates button in POl details

• Show a reminder popup every time a full screen mode is entered

• Display an explanation when the OSM Editor category search returns nothing

• Differentiate between grass and grassland/ meadow colors

• Less saturated/prominent residential gardens color

• Fixed yellow road shields displayed as green in the night mode

• Display vegetation fills earlier in the car navigation style

• Display complex non-number levels for building POIs

• Improve search for peaks and saddles/passes

• EN as additional search language in the OSM Editor

• Update Estonian, Finnish, German, Italian, Turkish translations

• ...many more bug fixes and Ul improvements

I tried two fairly basic searches and both had pretty fundamental flaws that make it very hard to consider using OM as a main navigation app.

First: it doesn't seem to be able to use common informal names for places. If I search "Maccas" on GM, it correctly shows a number of McDonald's restaurants, as well as Maccas competitors like Hungry Jacks. In OM I get a few places literally named "Macca's", followed by a bunch of much more tenuous results. No actual Maccas shows up.

Second, and probably more serious: it doesn't tell me where something is. I typed in my street name, and understandably a number of results with that name came up. It tells me the city and state they're in, but doesn't get more fine-grained than that. With multiple of the same street in a given LGA, it is basically impossible to search by street address if the search result doesn't narrow it down to suburb. This seems like an incredibly small fix to make, but also a mind boggling error to not already have.

It would be so cool if one could host our own map! After all the phone is providing GPS and just needs the backend to work.