Organic Maps

“I have Organic Maps installed on my phone and within a few minutes (faster than my car warming up) I can set a multi stop route”

“But I have Organic Maps (predecessor of Comaps, maybe I should switch) for just some parts of California and that by itself is more than 1GB of updates EVERY MONTH.”

“Apps like CoMaps and Organic Maps make it super easy to contribute data for businesses, landmarks, and such.”

“Organic Maps (and others) that use downloaded OSM data work well with nothing more than GPS.”

“CoMaps had been started because Organic Maps shareholders were not interested fixing those governance and transparency issues.”

“if there are significant issues with their governance they are harmful to the broader OpenStreetMap community”

“they all fail to show why exactly anybody should migrate from established app with authors who have years of experience”

“Despite being advertised as a community-driven project, key decisions, including financial management, partnerships”

“Excellent open-source mapping alternative. The fact that it's fully offline-capable and privacy-respecting makes it invaluable.”

“The killer feature of Organic Maps and OSM is the POI markers for small things.”

“Plus, OrganicMaps working totally offline, it's perfect for such a place where the only Internet would be by satellite.”

“The quality of the maps is getting better, much more useful and detailed than Google Maps.”

“Every version of Organic Maps and CoMaps (and probably to some extent OsmAnd) use slightly different formats of maps”

“OM and CoMaps should also work, though you might need to wait awhile for a GPS fix and be near a window.”

“the inclusion of proprietary components in the code, using project’s donation funds for personal expenses”

“It's the Kayak referral links on hotel POIs, which some people consider ads”

“Previously they required you to download the entire “China South” region, which was an extremely weird and wasteful choice.”

“the original developers of MM then just started to do the same to OM by equally aggressively ask for money”

“It's great for hiking especially coverage through cities is really good too”

“Simple, useful, works offline, and doesn’t feel like it’s trying to track everything I do.”

“It showed me the possibility that some feature work well without network.”

“Organic Maps' lack of traffic data isn't a big deal for me. It doesn't always give you an accurate ETA, sure, but it isn't any worse at actually getting you to your destination.”

“looking for mapped features such as toilets, water taps, benches, fountains, etc. is far superior”

“The fact that this isn't organised as one makes it a commercial venture, except one that asks for donations.”

“let you use the maps fully offline and you can compute itineraries without GPS”

“They tried to put ads into Organic Maps, and they only backed down because CoMaps sprung up in response.”

“it works in mountainous areas like the Alps or Pyrenees, where you're lucky to have GPS”

“the search feature rocks, because you have high fidelity OSM maps to query”

“the code that's necessary to generate the map files that OM relies on is no longer openly published”

“When it comes to navigating (except public transit), hiking, and route building, Organic Maps is very good.”

“CoMaps doesn't display (colored) hiking trails, so completely useless compared to Organic Maps”

“I could see AI improving the OSM functionality by updating the app (OrganicMaps) routing algorithms and such”

“Some recent apps I've found that work great and replace google infested stuff”

“Much simpler setup than OruxMaps for people who just need offline navigation”

“The OM's map generator was made proprietary in order to hinder the right to fork and enforce vendor lock-in.”

“Organic Map seems to have lost not just the interest of the cummunity but everything in between.”

“Dead project, a lot of things have happened and that is why CoMaps was created/forked.”

“Organic Maps has had a falling out with the Open Source community that built it, so I wouldn't use that anymore”

“I really like Organic Maps as a open source privacy friendly Google Maps replacement.”

“For anything other than driving Organic Maps (iOS) or OSMand (Android) are the very best.”