Thanks for the recommendation! Can’t remember why I hadn’t tried Organic Maps when testing alternative options, but already glad to see the Gulf of Mexico keeping its proper name. Going on a roadtrip in a few days, so I’ll get a chance to properly test it out then. 👍
I like organic maps but unless you’re in a very major city with a lot of people contributing, the information can frequently be out of date and it is not very good at finding optimal roots (I’m not even talking about the complete lack of traffic data).
It often just looks for the shortest distance between two points which can put you on some wacky paths. Still, if i’m not in a rush/don’t have my kids in the car, I will often use it. It’s a B+ experience which I’m happy to accept for open source/no tracking and selling my data/etc
Since giving up my car and moving to a new city in a new country, the only maps app I have found that gives decent walking directions is Apple Maps. Google and the others do things like skip around footpaths, probably because they base everything on roads meant for cars. That’s my guess anyway.
And then Google Maps is the only one that tends to have the info I actually need. Especially what is open right now since that’s kind of confusing here. Businesses often close much earlier in the UK than they did in the US. So I end up doing things like search Google Maps for a cafe or convenience store that’s still open, then search Apple Maps for the best walking route. And then feel stupid, but I have yet to find a workaround. And I’ve tried.
Organic Maps is pretty neat
Thanks for the recommendation! Can’t remember why I hadn’t tried Organic Maps when testing alternative options, but already glad to see the Gulf of Mexico keeping its proper name. Going on a roadtrip in a few days, so I’ll get a chance to properly test it out then. 👍
I like organic maps but unless you’re in a very major city with a lot of people contributing, the information can frequently be out of date and it is not very good at finding optimal roots (I’m not even talking about the complete lack of traffic data).
It often just looks for the shortest distance between two points which can put you on some wacky paths. Still, if i’m not in a rush/don’t have my kids in the car, I will often use it. It’s a B+ experience which I’m happy to accept for open source/no tracking and selling my data/etc
Since giving up my car and moving to a new city in a new country, the only maps app I have found that gives decent walking directions is Apple Maps. Google and the others do things like skip around footpaths, probably because they base everything on roads meant for cars. That’s my guess anyway.
And then Google Maps is the only one that tends to have the info I actually need. Especially what is open right now since that’s kind of confusing here. Businesses often close much earlier in the UK than they did in the US. So I end up doing things like search Google Maps for a cafe or convenience store that’s still open, then search Apple Maps for the best walking route. And then feel stupid, but I have yet to find a workaround. And I’ve tried.