The alternatives to Intel/AMD/Nvidia, Visa/Mastercard/American Express/Discover and IOS/Android need to be more developed.
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How does one realistically move away from Google maps?
Consider switching to [email protected]
Also, make an account on OpenStreetMap (OSM), which is what Organic Maps uses for data. OSM is the Wikipedia of maps. You can use Organic Maps or any other OSM editor to add anything that's missing and correct anything that's wrong or out of date, then see your changes in the next map update.
And if you use StreetComplete, you can fill out missing info about places that you visit
That's the way. Everybody takes care of the place they live in and it's the best mapping project ever.
Why use organic maps instead of openstreetmaps?
Organic Maps is a client that uses openstreetmap.
Organic maps is much better for search and has a simpler interface (assuming you mean osmand). Organic maps is just an app based on openstreetmap data.
I disagree that organic maps has a better search interface. In Osmand you have a very powerful POI search. You can automatically filter for restaurants, that are open and serve vegan Indian food, and so on. Organic maps has just a text search and categories.
Actually you might be right, I was rather thinking of openstreetmap.org itself. I don't use osmand too much since lot of good features are not free.
I got it from f-droid, and AFAIK that version feature complete and free, at least I don't miss anything.
I started using Osmand, before Organic Maps existed, and got used to all its features, when I tested out Organic Maps, it felt very feature-lite and I was missing out a lot (POI search, routing customizations, etc.), I assumed it is just very early in development, but it seems now they are targeting a different audience than I am.
There are a couple of things I am missing in Osmand, coming back from Organic Maps, its nice looking and fast map renderer, and it seems like the text search might work a bit better. Otherwise, the more powerful POI search, and the better internal routing customization are what brought me back to Osmand. Osmand even has brouter support.
True. Organic maps is actually thought for a broader audience with daily use so they keep it simple. I use mostly organic maps and when I need something specific I switch to osmand but it always takes me time to figure out how to set up what I need.
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It's still possible to buy an all-in-one navigation device to keep in a vehicle. They're often much nicer than phone apps, now.
OSMand~ app