[piaste]

A critical aspect OSMand is missing for me are business information.

OSM maps will include store and venue locations, but Google Maps will show me their opening hours and give me their phone number, website, and (for restaurants) menu and food pictures.

Looking up that kind of info is, [i]by far[/i], the most common reason for me to open the maps app in the first place, before I actually decide that I want to go there and start navigation.

Obviously this is all information that Google has and OSM doesn't. But I would be OK with a plugin that lets me click on a store on OSM to open it in a Google Maps page in a webview.

I'd be letting Google know that I am interested in that place - no way around it - but I could keep the information of whether I actually went there and how long I stayed within OSM, without sharing my location with Google.

Another, probably easier plugin would be one that lets OSMAnd recognize the location provided by Google Maps when I use the share button. Then I could look up places I want to go on GMaps and send them to OSMAnd+ for navigation.

[Mediterraneo10]

Osmand shows opening hours etc. when available, just do a short tap on the POI. As this is a "news for nerds" website, it is worth mentioning that if you find that info absent on OSM, then that means that you can add it for the benefit of all.

[mbirth]

For people that don't want to look into editing OSM directly, there's this website to easily add business information: https://www.onosm.org

Entered data will be added as a note to OSM and experienced editors will then correct/add the business on the map.

[ce4]

Strictly speaking that is not Osmand's fault, but an issue of tte underlying OpenStreetMap data project.

Google invests a lot into tagging google map POIs. On standard Android installations Google maps activates the maps timeline recording for you and it's creepily good at guessing to which shops you've been and by what means, etc. You then get frequent notifications that push and nudge you to review and answer questions about places (wheelchair access, confirm opening hours, business type, inventory, add photos, reviews, etc). The whole ordeal is quite gamified with contributor level and stars earned on your profile badge. It's designed to have GMaps' data as much as possible enriched by users.