The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s mapping empire

Re:The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s ma... by ancarda on Saturday March 01, 2014 @09:11AM (#7324233)

Can anybody recommend a good OSM-based maps app for iOS? Currently I'm using Apple maps as it offers a great user experience. It's extremely fast, fluid and has turn-by-turn directions. Unfortunately the data is sub-par for my area.

I've tried Google Maps' latest version and it feels laggy; When I zoom in it seems to jump to an image at the end of the animation. Nobody is getting vector maps right except for Apple. I wish it could just use OSM for the data.

Bonus points if the app can download maps.

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Re:The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s ma... by aw3c2 on Saturday March 01, 2014 @09:16AM (#7324252)

Try http://mapswith.me/

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Re:The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s ma... by ancarda on Saturday March 01, 2014 @09:24AM (#7324267)

I downloaded some maps but panning / zooming results in the map flashing while it's displaying the next tile. As I said, I use Apple maps because it has a great user experience. This has the same issue Google maps has.

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Re:The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s ma... by kevinbowman on Saturday March 01, 2014 @09:32AM (#7324293)

I also use MapsWithMe; if I'm not mistaken, it downloads the vector data offline and then renders it on the fly incredibly quickly. Impressive stuff.

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Re:The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s ma... by uname-r on Saturday March 01, 2014 @12:16PM (#7325093)

I can recommend the Galileo app. Apart from its icon it is very nice and behaves like the (old) Google Maps app.

http://galileo-app.com/

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Re:The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s ma... by zeckalpha on Saturday March 01, 2014 @11:47AM (#7324926)

Also, is there a good app for contributing to OSM?

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