[tinix]

Huge? Not so much... OsmAnd uses vector maps, which are very small, compared to "offline" Google Maps tiles.

A couple hundred megabytes for an entire country's road system is not "huge".

[jpatokal]

Like the mobile app itself, Google Maps offline maps are also vector based.

[tinix]

Then how come an offline region of a national park in Google Maps is a larger download than the entire state in OsmAnd?

[ant6n]

A couple hundred megabytes to show me a map of where I am right now is huge.

[tinix]

You can use "online" maps and it only downloads the visible region on your screen. It's not a few hundred megs "just to show you where you are" that is utter nonsense.

How about you just actually use the app before you make baseless accusations.

[ant6n]

Well I asked whether this is the app with only offline mode, which would imply large downloads. You said that offline mode is so small that it doesn't matter. I didn't make any 'baseless accusation', I am working off your reply, but still without any 'accusation' at all.

How about actually reading people's messages before claiming they're making 'baseless accusations'.