OsmAnd — Maps & GPS Offline 4.9.10

Reviews

5 ★, on 2021-02-12
Mediocre at first. Then I actually really like it now. I have submitted thousands of map edits in my area and am building it out to help with providing an alternative to big tech maps. Things I learned. If editing, addresses on buildings only get updated on monthly map updates. Which typically happen at the end of the month for update cutoff and roll out for download within 2 weeks of end of the month. I look forward to continuing my contributions and putting places on the map!

4 ★, on 2021-02-17
In places with up-to-date OpenStreetMap data, this app performs wonderfully. Navigation offers good advice about lanes, stop signs, etc. In places with poor OSM data, the app performs in accordance with the quality of data available. Wrong turns, awkward lane suggestions, etc. This, unfortunately, includes most small towns I'm aware of. I'm an OSM mapper, so I consider each odd thing I see in OsmAnd to be a fun opportunity to improve things. But this may frustrate others.

1 ★, on 2021-02-20
Update: Zero improvement. Bafflingly ineffective search can't find locations a mile down the street from me, yet makes suggestions three hours distant. I don't know the $%&#ing GPS coordinates and address for every $&#%ing venue—that's why I have this $#&%ing device and why I installed your $%&#ing app!

4 ★, on 2021-02-07
So far one of the best OSM based offline map apps. Requirement to use offline maps is strange though, please change that. It has a lot of options that intermediate and advanced mappers will appreciate and it's suitable for all kinds of situations like tourism or driving. However, trip planner algorithm is weird, it often uses low grade tracks instead of roads. Also, it can't view all parts of a multi-polygon at oce, only each part separately.

3 ★, on 2021-02-16
Works very well... When it works. I was trying to navigate to the Wal-Mart in Bozeman and it almost sent me down the interstate towards Billings. The destination was on the side of the interstate. I think I was supposed to pull over and walk or something? I'm pretty sure that's illegal. My other problem is that it doesn't know when to stop. It kept trying to navigate after I was already in Wal-Mart. I'm sure that I selected the right Wal-Mart, not the one the next town over. Other than that, the voice commands aren't too robotic and it is fairly responsive (AKA not giving me directions late).

3 ★, on 2021-02-15
So far so good! As good as or better than that other big map app. UPDATE: physical address searches/ navigation are non existent. I haven't been able to get direct address routing. Lost a star as a result.