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Re:Maps.me co-founder tries to close down Organic Maps open-... by L29Ah on Friday December 06, 2024 @04:22PM (#42344598)
osmand is better anyway :>
Re:Maps.me co-founder tries to close down Organic Maps open-... by david-gpu on Friday December 06, 2024 @06:24PM (#42345692)
I use OsmAnd, but perusing both of the repos it is apparent that OrganicMaps has better code.

What I like best about OSMAnd is that you can tweak the routing algorithm without recompiling the code, as the rules are stored in routing.xml.

Re:Maps.me co-founder tries to close down Organic Maps open-... by Vinnl on Saturday December 07, 2024 @03:52AM (#42348314)
I use both and they're both great, but also not drop-ins for each other. OSMand has more features, but is way more confusing and quite a bit slower. So I have OrganicMaps cover my basic navigation needs, but if e.g. I want to access offline Wikivoyage travel guides, I use OSMand.
Re:Maps.me co-founder tries to close down Organic Maps open-... by szszrk on Sunday December 08, 2024 @04:02AM (#42355960)
Still a wonderful and stable solution. It has some killer features as well: unlike OM, it let's you route anything. In OM good luck routing without proper GPS fix (from a parking, etc), in Osmand you can do pretty much anything.

It's insane how feature rich Osmand is, up to a point where it became a bit too complex for some.