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German tourists lost for more than a week after Google Maps mishap (www.9news.com.au)

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You people do know osm exists right? Just use something like organicmaps then you have navigation and routing even without cell network.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Can you search residential addresses in organic maps? I had to use some shitty address to coordinate converter before. In other osm based apps I mean

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it does, just tried it. The search is not forgiving in terms of typos tho. They also recently started supporting android auto(dont have a car so cant review) and it keeps getting great updates in general.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Cool thanks for checking. I mainly bike now and junked my car so I couldn't comment on Android auto either. The one I borrow has the stock head unit.

[–] michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

Also check Osmand from F-droid. It uses the same openstreetmap but has more functionality.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

This is probably supported by google maps, but one thing i really love is being able to select intermediate stops when plotting a route. Really useful for longer trips. You can also import .gpx track files if you wanna follow a route you saw somewhere.

[–] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Google maps also allows map downloads for when you are offline.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago

I heard that before but google maps just has vastly inferior map data. Especially if you go outside to touch some grass. Google maps + hiking is an instant combo for getting lost.