Yep it uses a selection of the most important data from OSM because the entire thing would be too huge to keep on your phone. You download the map in sections so region/city based but you can also just get an entire country which will be a few GB.
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T156@lemmy.world 1 day agoA little confused, is this basically the same thing as Open Street Maps, just in app form?
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Railcar8095@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They use OSM as source for maps, yes.
Not sure how much they add, aside from offline functionality.
Other apps add extra data sources.