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[–] erenkoylu@lemmy.ml 46 points 1 month ago (19 children)

OrganicMaps is amazing. Strong recommend to everyone. I only recently found out about it.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Any details on why it's amazing? What does it do or doesn't?

[–] volkerwirsing@feddit.org 40 points 1 month ago (6 children)
  • It has the map corpus from OpenStreetMap, so one of the best in the world
  • It works offline - just download the desired maps onto the device
  • That makes it really, really fast. Google Maps is slower
  • You can also use it in areas with bad reception. I'm using it for hiking in the woods where there is no cell phone connection available
  • I really like the UI - they are f.e. better at displaying house numbers and street names than Google.
  • No ads
[–] kungen@feddit.nu 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Google's maps are decent and can also be downloaded to be offline...? But yeah, it seems like it's a nice alternative, especially if you want to be free from Google's grips.

[–] Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

As a cyclist, organic maps never told me to go on the freaking autoroute, but google maps did..

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