101@feddit.org to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoProject for people leaving Google Maps.feddit.orgexternal-linkmessage-square193fedilinkarrow-up12.04Karrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: openstreetmap@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orgopensource@programming.dev
arrow-up12.03Karrow-down1external-linkProject for people leaving Google Maps.feddit.org101@feddit.org to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square193fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: openstreetmap@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orgopensource@programming.dev
minus-squareyetiftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agogoogle maps can do that too though
minus-squareInsertUser@en.osm.townlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months ago@yetiftw @ILikePigeons IIRC At one point Google Maps would let you download a map for browsing, but you couldn’t do offline navigation. Don’t know if that’s still the case. Organic Maps does the routing on the device.
minus-squareyetiftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoit’s had offline navigation for years now
minus-squarepedroapero@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoThe feature looks made ugly on purpose though (compared to organic maps where you can just download the whole country or select more precisely what you want)
minus-squareILikePigeons@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThanks, I wasn’t aware of that. I should have really had this information a year ago when I was constantly screenshotting Google Maps, LOL.
google maps can do that too though
@yetiftw @ILikePigeons
IIRC At one point Google Maps would let you download a map for browsing, but you couldn’t do offline navigation. Don’t know if that’s still the case.
Organic Maps does the routing on the device.
it’s had offline navigation for years now
The feature looks made ugly on purpose though (compared to organic maps where you can just download the whole country or select more precisely what you want)
Thanks, I wasn’t aware of that. I should have really had this information a year ago when I was constantly screenshotting Google Maps, LOL.