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by Rovanion 4326 days ago
Try OsmAnd for Android. Allows you to download maps and use it offline, as well as calculate routes for car, bicycle and pedestrian.
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I have and it's awful. I want to just type in the street address of my office in St Paul and have it find the right thing.

Instead I have to type in the full city, state, region, etc. It doesn't know "St Paul" so I have to search for "Saint Paul." It gives me three different results for "Raymond Ave". Two are in the same city, except "Ave" vs "Avenue". None of the three are in St Paul, but my office very much is in St Paul. Which one do I pick? I picked one and it doesn't contain my street address, so I can't pick anything. Now what? I press Back to select another of the three identical street names, but it doesn't remember what I typed so I have to type R-a-y-m all over again.

And that's just trying to find an address. I haven't even gotten to the directions functionality. It's a usability nightmare.

I have and use OsmAnd but I still switch to other maps programs quite often. Just searching for an address is an example of how far the mobile app usability needs to go...