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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by gordo4 on Sunday November 25, 2018 @08:01PM (#18530187)
OsmAnd is far superior to Google Maps in my opinion, especially for backcountry offline navigation. It's one of the most important apps when traveling abroad or when cell service is spotty. Google Maps is basically useless in rural South America, for example... and OSM is actually more up to date than Google Maps when it comes to river crossings, etc... and POI data is available for offline use. Google Maps can't even do offline navigation and rerouting.
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by sciurus on Sunday November 25, 2018 @09:12PM (#18530511)
Backcountry offline navigation in rural South America is far from what most people are using a mapping app for, though.
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by ams6110 on Monday November 26, 2018 @12:04AM (#18531201)
> Google Maps can't even do offline navigation and rerouting

Yes it can, you have to download the area in advance but I use it offline all the time as I have no mobile data plan on my phone.

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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by gambler on Monday November 26, 2018 @10:50AM (#18534125)
The whole feature is clearly an afterthought. There are so many issues with it you're much better off getting another app that's designed for offline navigation.
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by Splines on Monday November 26, 2018 @01:29AM (#18531552)
How does OsmAnd handle traffic? For my commute I religiously use Google Maps to learn about accidents or other blockages to make my trip shorter. Can I do the same thing with OsmAnd? (I'm thinking no, but I'm unfamiliar with how traffic data really works, so I'm open to learning that I'm wrong.)
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by azernik on Sunday November 25, 2018 @11:48PM (#18531159)
It can absolutely do offline navigation - you have to tell it to download an area offline, but if you start navigation for a route that passes through out-of-the-way areas it'll prompt you to download the offline maps.
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by memco on Sunday November 25, 2018 @10:51PM (#18530920)
> Google Maps can't even do offline navigation and rerouting.

The iOS Google maps does offline navigation. I used it just this weekend on a long distance trip. You have to download the data beforehand, but if you have downloaded the data for a region you can search and route to any destination you want.

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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by markdown on Monday November 26, 2018 @05:23AM (#18532331)
How do you tell it to download a specific location beforehand?
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by duiker101 on Monday November 26, 2018 @06:29AM (#18532566)
I'm not sure how to do in the iOS one but I ma sure it's possible because my partner does it. For Android you just need to go in the side panel and there is a Offline Maps button.
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by markdown on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @02:11AM (#18540196)
OK Thanks
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by ant6n on Sunday November 25, 2018 @09:03PM (#18530475)
Is that the ugly one where you have to download huge regions to offline just to look at where you at right now?
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by tinix on Sunday November 25, 2018 @10:55PM (#18530937)
Huge? Not so much... OsmAnd uses vector maps, which are very small, compared to "offline" Google Maps tiles.

A couple hundred megabytes for an entire country's road system is not "huge".

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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by jpatokal on Monday November 26, 2018 @12:07AM (#18531208)
Like the mobile app itself, Google Maps offline maps are also vector based.
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by tinix on Monday November 26, 2018 @11:08PM (#18539261)
Then how come an offline region of a national park in Google Maps is a larger download than the entire state in OsmAnd?
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by ant6n on Monday November 26, 2018 @12:41AM (#18531357)
A couple hundred megabytes to show me a map of where I am right now is huge.
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by tinix on Monday November 26, 2018 @11:07PM (#18539256)
You can use "online" maps and it only downloads the visible region on your screen. It's not a few hundred megs "just to show you where you are" that is utter nonsense.

How about you just actually use the app before you make baseless accusations.

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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by ant6n on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @06:07PM (#18547731)
Well I asked whether this is the app with only offline mode, which would imply large downloads. You said that offline mode is so small that it doesn't matter. I didn't make any 'baseless accusation', I am working off your reply, but still without any 'accusation' at all.

How about actually reading people's messages before claiming they're making 'baseless accusations'.

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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by jabberthemutt on Monday November 26, 2018 @03:01AM (#18531808)
No, it's the one that supports both local and online maps.
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by Avamander on Monday November 26, 2018 @07:03AM (#18532699)
Let me know when it gets a trip planner and has a mapmaker alternative.
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by trystero on Monday November 26, 2018 @12:02PM (#18534744)
Both Osmand (osmand.net) and MAPS.ME (maps.me) are mobile applications with a trip planner. To make maps I recommend uMap (umap.openstreetmap.fr) which is superior to the Google Maps equivalent features in every aspects.
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go... by Avamander on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @08:43AM (#18542188)
Cool, is there a trip planner on desktop? I primarily commute using public transportation so Google's integration with that is super cool and I'd really love something free (as in freedom) that does the same.
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