Comment by benatkin
1 year ago
Indeed. It should be the default to have a full map of your area downloaded. But no, Google wants everyone to be dependent upon them on a second-to-second level. (Yes I know Google has offline maps and unlike YouTube the offline support is free as in beer, but it’s in an untransparent and a much less powerful manner, and if you’re online it will use the network heavily)
I was in a chunk of the world where roaming was prohibitive this summer, and Organic Maps took us everywhere, found us incredible viewing spots to photograph from, and basically gave us a real connection to the landscape around us. The UI was slightly confusing, but forgivable, and if I had any money I would give it to them.
> found us incredible viewing spots to photograph from
Curious to hear more about this? Something specific to Organic Maps? I spend a lot of time studying maps when I'm on a trip for this purpose.
Depending on where you are, Organic Maps can have far far finer detail, especially when it comes to walking paths. I used this a couple times in Japan and Korea to find my way through densely packed shrine complexes, or over less-traveled hiking paths in the mountains.
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Just easy to see on the map, I guess - look for the binoculars!
I thought the map data was OSM, and organic maps is navigation software that uses the map data.