Organic Maps, the privacy-focused, open-source alternative to Google Maps, celebrates its 4th anniversary. The project came to life during Christmas week of 202…
I live in a city and it didn’t map out every address here, like my friend’s address for example. But I feel its fine because that way everyone’s privacy is maintained and if I want to share my location to anyone I can use those unique links associated to my place. Besides that it mapped almost all of the public places and even has navigation built into it(which I thought wouldn’t be available).
These are my initial impressions. Let’s see how it fares up as I keep using it.
When I type in my home address, it lists it in a city that’s three towns away from where it is. Maps it in the correct location though. My address is correct and in the correct town in OpenStreetMap. That’s enough for me to not use Organic Maps. I don’t want to guess what incorrect town to use if I type in an address to navigate to.
Downloaded it. It’s crazy how its not really that far behind gmaps.
I tried it last night and couldn’t get it to find specific addresses, particularly in rural areas. Any tips you’ve found?
I have had trouble with it finding addresses as well. I use Magic Earth for driving because it can actually find most all the locations I search for.
I live in a city and it didn’t map out every address here, like my friend’s address for example. But I feel its fine because that way everyone’s privacy is maintained and if I want to share my location to anyone I can use those unique links associated to my place. Besides that it mapped almost all of the public places and even has navigation built into it(which I thought wouldn’t be available).
These are my initial impressions. Let’s see how it fares up as I keep using it.
When I type in my home address, it lists it in a city that’s three towns away from where it is. Maps it in the correct location though. My address is correct and in the correct town in OpenStreetMap. That’s enough for me to not use Organic Maps. I don’t want to guess what incorrect town to use if I type in an address to navigate to.
Edit: typo