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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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agoTwo reasons:
- interface rocks
- maps are downloaded for offline use
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They don’t - but at the same time it saves a ton of money on bandwidth
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks 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.
blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I’ve been using OsmAnd for years, and offline maps has always been one of their main things.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
OsmAnd is okay, but I really like the interface of Organic Maps better.
Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Organic Maps is definitely easier to use, especially for new users but OsmAnd is more powerful. I have both and they’re awesome.
raptir@lemmy.zip 3 weeks 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.