[johnea]

If it's this bad in BC, I can't imagine how bad it is in Japan.

The addresses there are notoriously local-centric, with knowledge of the area required, to find a physical location from the address.

All that being said, I wonder how long it will take people to get the memo: Don't use Goggle! For anything! Unless you like being surveilled (there's a fetish for everything, I guess)

I've used osmand on a (community build) android phone for about 8 years. It works great offline, all maps and the nav algorithm are in the phone, and it's gotten me to where I was going.

I'm hoping to migrate full time to a linux phone this year. The mega-corps have contributed to the long wait for this tech, but it does seem on the verge of finally breaking out of the lab.