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Organic Maps Turns 4: The Privacy-Focused Alternative to Google Maps (organicmaps.app)

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

And I wish that they had contributed all that energy to improving Osmand (a project which AFAICT has exactly the same goals) instead of reinventing the wheel. Then we might already have one amazing app instead of one very good app (Osmand) and a mediocre one which is marginally more responsive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

OsmAnd isn't exactly eager to accept community help.

Also it isn't being maintained by the community. It is a project done by a company.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Admittedly I had not looked into this very deeply. Seems to be an Ubuntu-type business model.

OsmAnd isn’t exactly eager to accept community help.

Maybe it explains this. Projects tend to be less relaxed about breaking things when they have staff to pay. But it has its advantages as well. For example I have always got replies on the OsmAnd issue tracker. Pure community projects tend to be more chaotic and disorganized.

In any case they don't explain their income very well, I agree that's not a good look.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

They are very different tools even if the underlying data is the same. Osmand is powerful and highly customisable but with a much steeper learning curve. Organic maps is easy to use with emphasis on UX/UI. I think they appeal to very different need and users.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@JubilantJaguar
If they did this then I wouldn't have a FLOSS app that loads in a reasonable time and is responsive on my phone. @SomeAmateur