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by throwaway81523 1585 days ago
The main thing I want mapping for is navigating to place X in my car with voice prompts. Osmand is way too slow to notice that I've missed a turn or something like that. So it thinks I'm somewhere that I'm not, and persists in that belief until I'm off course for maybe some minutes. Google Maps is much better in that regard. But both of them really need a user control (pushbutton, maybe even a bluetooth pushbutton on the dashboard so you don't have to look at your phone) that says "mapping app, you are confused! I am not where you think I am. Update location to current GPS reading and recalculate route right now". Also, Osmand is ridiculously slow at route calculation. Idk how it can be so slow. Garmin automotive GPS of 10+ years ago were far faster at it despite having 1/100th the processing power of a modern phone.

The map data itself also isn't that great, but at least you can hunt around for the location you want while the car is parked or pulled over. The route recalculation issue is massively frustrating because it nabs you while you are actually driving, dodging other cars, etc.

I hadn't heard of Organic Maps. I'll look for it. Thanks.