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Re:Organic Maps by hnben on Friday September 01, 2023 @03:50AM (#37347926)
In your opinion what is the most important feature missing in organic maps (compared to OSMAnd)?
Re:Organic Maps by ynoxinul on Friday September 01, 2023 @04:01AM (#37347979)
Importing GPX tracks and displaying it on the map. For my bike trips I do my planning in advance on a computer using brouter or openrouteservice, then import the created file into OSMAnd.
Re:Organic Maps by fransje26 on Friday September 01, 2023 @04:07AM (#37348038)
We were writing about missing the same feature, for the same reason, at the same time. :'-)
Re:Organic Maps by biodranik on Friday September 01, 2023 @04:17AM (#37348101)
GPX import was already implemented several months ago.
Re:Organic Maps by ynoxinul on Friday September 01, 2023 @05:07AM (#37348422)
Thank you, I found it! You have to click the star icon.
Re:Organic Maps by fizwidget on Friday September 01, 2023 @04:43AM (#37348274)
OrganicMaps supports this too though?
Re:Organic Maps by ihatehn on Friday September 01, 2023 @03:42PM (#37355346)
It's new, many people aren't aware.
Re:Organic Maps by fransje26 on Friday September 01, 2023 @04:06AM (#37348021)
The ability to import a gpx track, for instance.
Re:Organic Maps by vjerancrnjak on Friday September 01, 2023 @04:20AM (#37348123)
Is gpx more powerful than kml? I see that in my lists I have circular paths and other things, so I must have imported it to OrganicMaps
Re:Organic Maps by biodranik on Friday September 01, 2023 @04:17AM (#37348102)
GPX import was already implemented several months ago.
Re:Organic Maps by onetimeacc on Friday September 01, 2023 @04:06AM (#37348019)
track recording
Re:Organic Maps by biodranik on Friday September 01, 2023 @04:20AM (#37348125)
That's planned, now as we fixed some background location-related issues, nothing is blocking the track recording feature.
Re:Organic Maps by d4f0 on Friday September 01, 2023 @04:42AM (#37348272)
Android Auto compatibility. Although I think it's a planned feature.
Re:Organic Maps by raybb on Friday September 01, 2023 @06:18AM (#37348874)
Yeah they're actively working on it. Though apple car play is out and works!

If anyone knows android dev maybe you can checkout one of these smaller issues they're having.

https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/4096

Re:Organic Maps by Vinnl on Friday September 01, 2023 @05:07AM (#37348417)
- I miss the ability to make Wikivoyage articles (and their associated POIs) available offline, which is really useful when travelling.

- OsmAnd's flags feel more ephemeral, whereas in Organic Maps I'm just adding them as regular bookmarks under "My places", which make them harder to distinguish from bookmarks I want to keep long-term.

- Bus lines and stops are pretty useful if you're taking the bus somewhere unfamiliar.

But those are pretty minor; I've still switched to Organic Maps just because it's so much easier to use (ironically, that probably is because it has fewer features).

Also, I just keep both installed just in case, so I can always fall back to OsmAnd :)

Re:Organic Maps by Vinnl on Friday September 01, 2023 @05:12AM (#37348457)
Oh also, OsmAnd's bicycle routes seem better (shorter/prettier routes)? Though I'm not even sure if Organic Maps's directions are for bicycle - the icon looks like a motorcycle, so they might be motorcycle directions.
Re:Organic Maps by raybb on Friday September 01, 2023 @06:45AM (#37349052)
For me the biggest missing feature is an easy way to sync bookmarks/saved places.

You can manually export it but it gives me a little stress that one day I'll just lose my phone after not having exported for a while.

At the very minimum it would be great to auto export the file every X days to a specified location so I can auto sync it with syncthing or something.

But a nice setup would also be supporting webdav (nextcloud) to just drop the file there automatically.

This is the related issue but doesn't have too much traction. https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/622

Re:Organic Maps by dbrgn on Thursday September 07, 2023 @06:22AM (#37416915)
- Good contour lines and hill shading! I live in Switzerland and it's considerably harder to understand the terrain without these features.

- Configurable POIs. In Organic Maps I can show POIs for a few common categories, but many are missing (for example EV charging stations). And I can only show one type of POI at once on the map. In OSMand, I can show POIs for "drinking water, EV charging stations and public bathrooms" at the same time.

- Track recording and especially live tracking (OSMand has a very nice plugin for that, which works with services like Traccar).