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Re:Organic maps: Experimental feed based public transport ma... by goblin89 on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @03:14AM (#41168515)
I like the idea of Organic Maps in general, but using it in Hong Kong is awkward; not only because in many cases it uses Pinyin Mandarin place labels (which locals never use) but also because requires me to download 200+ MB of “China Guangdong”—a large but, critically, distinct in every de jure and de facto sense place beyond a border restriction with no free travel (considering in the case of, say, Kaliningrad, with the same situation and even smaller/sparser place, I would get a separate download). For me it raises questions about who exactly is behind the app and why should I trust its privacy promises.
Re:Organic maps: Experimental feed based public transport ma... by mpawelski on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @07:11AM (#41169681)
Can't you just write an Github issue and suggest splitting of these areas? I remember them splitting some areas in the past (because map data are getting bigger and bigger)