Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

I ditched #MagicEarth (which appears to be also losing features with the paid app!) for #OsmAnd Plus Pro.

Earlier in the year I got a Google Play gift card for my birthday. I don't play mobile games so it seemed worth getting, especially as its currently the same price as the paid #TomTom app)

the app (which I'd used before for recording #GPX tracks of long drives on a separate device) has way more features *and* an active #FOSS community with repos, issue tracker etc.

Speed monitoring and warnings work on #AndroidAuto (with more configurable options). The main feature it lacks is live traffic, but not that big a loss as there's 0 way of avoiding jams at peak time in my region anyway due to limited routes in and out of it!

#navi #GNSS #satnav

Aug 1 at 12:14amWeb
Show threadB.ellaAug 1
@vfrmedia I used (and loved) MagicEarth for quite a while, until it stopped working on my phone. Navigation wouldn't start. Once I started to move, the app just wouldn't follow (the arrow wouldn't move). I asked them for the apk (and got it 👍), but the result was the same. I never found the problem and now use Maps (😥), because out of the 4-5 apps I tried, this is the only one that works reliably *deep sigh*
Show threadAnyaAug 1
@Bella You know comaps? https://www.comaps.app/ Worth a try, imho.
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Show threadB.ellaAug 1
@Nasenspray I do have it installed, but when it comes to real-time traffic, Maps is - UNFORTUNATELY - unbeatable. I compared them during one of my drives from KR to Leer 🙁 @vfrmedia
Show threadAnyaAug 1
@Bella yeah, right. @vfrmedia
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKAug 1

@Nasenspray @Bella So Leer is in fact full (of traffic?) 😁

I also tried Comaps but it doesn't show speed and limits/warnings on Android Auto (even Google Maps doesn't seem to do this) - I recently acquired a Golf GTI and need to watch my right foot with this car..

Interestingly the best voice prompts on OsmAnd are "German - Casual" - I was intrigued by this and wondered "what is the difference? Does the lady say "Du" instead of "Sie?" but it means the announcements are less wordy than the other languages (including English or Dutch)

Also learnt "Achtung: Hier ist siebzig" which apparently some passengers might say to the driver (I wasn't deliberately going too fast but had just crept over the limit (70mph /112 km/h) on the highway)

Show threadB.ellaAug 1

@vfrmedia Leer is exactly what its name promises, it's Krefeld that is packed 😉

And yes, "Achtung, hier ist siebzig" sounds very passenger-y 😂 @Nasenspray