While I don't use Organic Maps as my daily driver because there is no traffic data, it has been invaluable to have on my phone. It is one of the best offline and trail maps I've used.
That's a much requested feature. With imho two main challenges:
1. Much traffic data is private / requires licensing, however some countries have reasonable public data.
For example the TraffXML (https://gitlab.com/traffxml) project has some.
2. The project is free to use, but also volunteer driven. It requires setting up a privacy preserving "live data" infrastructure.
If you think this is a nice challenge and you can help, feel free to reach out!
I like the idea of Organic Maps in general, but using it in Hong Kong is awkward; not only because in many cases it uses Pinyin Mandarin place labels (which locals never use) but also because requires me to download 200+ MB of “China Guangdong”—a large but, critically, distinct in every de jure and de facto sense place beyond a border restriction with no free travel (considering in the case of, say, Kaliningrad, with the same situation and even smaller/sparser place, I would get a separate download). For me it raises questions about who exactly is behind the app and why should I trust its privacy promises.
Can't you just write an Github issue and suggest splitting of these areas? I remember them splitting some areas in the past (because map data are getting bigger and bigger)
There used to also be the interesting prospect of OpenTraffic: https://github.com/opentraffic . Unfortunately the main website appears to be down and the GitHub hasn't seen recent contributions, so I'm guessing the project is dead in the water :(
Agreed. I can’t believe how it’s better than any other hiking app (particularly free ones but I tried some non free ones too), but it is.
For me the winning feature is the UX around dropping a pin and routing to it via trails just works and is very easy, and includes elevation gain etc. Too many hiking apps require you to navigate along fixed trails in their hike database.
I just tried it, and I feel like OsmAnd has a more detailed preview of the hiking route: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roMNNJPHDvc , unless I'm missing something in Organic Maps..
1. Much traffic data is private / requires licensing, however some countries have reasonable public data. For example the TraffXML (https://gitlab.com/traffxml) project has some.
2. The project is free to use, but also volunteer driven. It requires setting up a privacy preserving "live data" infrastructure.
If you think this is a nice challenge and you can help, feel free to reach out!
https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/1160 would be a good starting point.