Organic Maps (Unofficial)

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Organic Maps is a free Android & iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists based on top of crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data and curated with love by MapsWithMe (Maps.Me) founders.

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This Explains Why Organic Maps was Temporarily Taken down from the Google Store (lemmy.ca)

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

I use Organic Maps and OsmAnd. There are two things both suck at compared to Google Maps. First one is search. They are really bad at quickly finding local addresses. Maps whittles it down to local first which fits my use cases better. And the second one is POI data, like businesses and their info. For other POI it's fine, but I usually am looking for local shops and their opening times and open source apps just don't have that data.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

So add the opening hours data yourself. I am proud to say that I spent 6 hours mapping every store in the largest shopping center in my city.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I usually am looking for local shops and their opening times and open source apps just don't have that data.

I have been adding more business details to osm so this becomes less of a problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do that too here. But it's still a far cry from Google's massive trove of data. I've been thinking about crawling some chain stores for opening times and adding them automatically. But I don't know what OSM's policy is on that.

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

I’m pretty sure you’re allowed to go on the websites of businesses and add their information in that way.