AlonealastalovedalongtheAug 29, 2019
Openstreetmap is reaching the point that it is just more information rich and beautiful than google maps and that is awesome
Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Aug 30, 2019

@Alonealastalovedalongthe My issue with #OpenStreetMap is that the search is so poor.

I can enter, say, Lat/Lon coords into Google Maps, and get a pindrop on that spot. OSM has NFC what I'm talking about.

Searching by location name is similarly disappointing. Google does get context and relevance in ways OSM doesn't.

And for the record: I'd vastly prefer to entirely replace Google Maps. Not entirely yet.

OSM's overlays are noice though.

Show threadessenne

@dredmorbius

check Osmand (for Android)
lat/lon searches and pindrop as you like

location searching is not as advanced as in gmaps
but still gets most of the cities,towns, streets
plus thousands of useful Point of Interest
and all of this while offline
very useful when traveling to other countries with poor or no internet connection

@Alonealastalovedalongthe

Aug 31, 2019 at 9:06pmWeb
Show threadHartmut GoebelNov 16, 2019
@essenne
As written above: Location sin Google are incomplete. Many named, small places I visit are not in Google maps at all. @dredmorbius @Alonealastalovedalongthe