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On the journey to degoogle my life and wanted to ask if the community prefers OSMAnd+ or Organic Maps for driving navigation. I got OSMAnd+ but now started to hear some really good things about organic Maps. Was wondering if I should consider switching.

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Organic Maps has a more simple approach and is more like Google Maps. OSMAnd~ has a much broader feature set.

[โ€“] WeLoveCastingSpelz@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Organic maps ftw! It never disappointed me as a walker and is super convenient to use

[โ€“] Diglett983 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I prefer Organic Maps honestly.

[โ€“] FlashPossum@social.fossware.space 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Organic Maps have a much better rendering algorithm - meaning really fast, there is no lag when you scroll the map. OSMAnd has a really huge feature set. Almost anything you image from a map app. But it's soooo slow. I switched to Organic because I couldn't take the slowness.

[โ€“] llii@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Didn't know about Organic Maps! I always used OSMAnd for navigation.

[โ€“] lnxtx@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Depends.

For simple routes Organic Maps is perfect. But if you want to plan complex route (like many waypoints, road avoidance), the OSMAnd+ is better.

Unfortunately both are tricky on complex highway exits.

[โ€“] may_pretender@feddit.ro 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't use any for driving, but I can tell you that I switched to OrganicMaps from osmand+ for all other navigation. The main reasons are speed (OM feels a lost smoother and snappier), and functionality (it's minimal, but just works very well). I had no real use for all the bells and wistles of osmand+, so OM made sense for me.

[โ€“] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just downloaded both yesterday. Do these use the same maps/databases or what's the difference?

I noticed OM gives more detailed control about downloading smaller map bits.

[โ€“] CjkOvPDwQW 1 points 1 year ago

They both get their data from Open Street Maps

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