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Re:In 2023 Organic Maps got its first million users by bbarnett on Saturday December 23, 2023 @02:06PM (#38747055)
And yet sadly, is very difficult to use on freeways in North America.

While I am thankful for their time, it's as if all the devs don't drive. Or don't drive on freeways.

It never announces an exit soon enough to take action, at 130km/hr, when you also have to move over 5 lanes.

I've had it announce an exit when I'm beside it, making it impossible to take any action.

Well, anyhow, hopefully rough spots like this get ironed out, we need a Google competitor.

It's sad, because this one thing keeps so many on google maps.

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Re:In 2023 Organic Maps got its first million users by Doctor_Fegg on Saturday December 23, 2023 @02:12PM (#38747117)
One of the things I love most about OSM, and has kept me contributing to it for 19 years, is that it isn’t car-centric like the rest of the mapping industry. The world would be better with much less reliance on cars and OSM is a small part of that.

But if you want to have an open source freeway navigator, there’s nothing stopping you: Organic Maps and OSM data are both open and welcome contributions.

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Re:In 2023 Organic Maps got its first million users by FredPret on Saturday December 23, 2023 @04:04PM (#38748226)
If you have an iPhone, Apple Maps is amazing for driving.

When in driving mode, the UI simplifies completely, only showing you the minimum you need to drive. The spoken directions are super clear, telling you things like "skip this light and go into that lane and then take a right at the next intersection". I let Siri guide me just by voice and it works brilliantly, even when navigating spaghetti intersections.

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Re:In 2023 Organic Maps got its first million users by eisa01 on Saturday December 23, 2023 @02:10PM (#38747093)
The devs are quite responsive on GitHub, so you could help contribute by opening an issue :)

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

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Re:In 2023 Organic Maps got its first million users by 4wsn on Saturday December 23, 2023 @03:54PM (#38748141)
Had the same experience, and ended up being satisfied with Magic Earth[1]. I tried more or less every major navigation service (paid and "free"), and I ended up sticking with it.

And no, I'm not affiliated in any way; just wanted to share a recommendation because I was in the same boat.

[1]https://magicearth.com

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