May be small news in general, but it is huge for me β latest update of @organicmaps now has speech-synth street names in navigation mode! Thank you very much to everyone there who worked on merging and testing this feature; whatever helps to check the screen less while driving with guidance is very much appreciated.
@ploum@organicmaps@peertube Organic Maps is amazing because it works fully offline. And OSM is great in general because of all the small things that are marked there. There's a single small water fountain beyond security at the Hamburg Airport, and it's tucked away on a separate floor so you'll only see it if you happen to go to one of the few gates there (I assume the shops that sell water in plastic bottles lobbied for this). But OSM has it, as well as the gates, defibrillators & more!
@watmildon Being able to find individual water fountains, bike parking spots, benches, etc is one of my favourite features of @organicmaps ! I've taken to micromapping all the local parks in case it helps someone find a shady place to hang out on a hot day. :)
@caos@fedibikes@ulfi@keno3003@organicmaps wir haben gerade ne Woche Wanderurlaub im Berchtesgadener Land gemacht und ausschlieΓlich organic maps benutzt, ich habe Komoot keine Sekunde vermisst.
The May 2024 Organic Maps update supports bookmarks and tracks sorting by name, paved paths are white, and unpaved ones are brown. And there are so many other changes and fixes, thanks to our contributors! Update and enjoy, and don't forget to update maps too. And donate to support the open-source, community-driven, privacy-focused maps project! Get the update at https://omaps.app/get and read more details about the improvements here: https://organicmaps.app/news/2024-05-1...
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I'm a new user of OM and I like the easy handling, but there is one issue, I can't find a solution for. How is it possible to multiple delete lists or favorites?
I accidently imported hundreds of them and so I had to remove them all one after each other...
Also it would be perfect if OM could be used "on the water" together with seacharts...
Record and save tracks seem to be already on your Todo-List.
Thanks for your great work. :-)
@organicmaps
Is there actually a roadmap where you can see what is planned and perhaps the sequence in which this will happen? Kind regards and keep it up.
Note also that I as a user can (and do) use this map as a note-taking device: every time I find a shop that I'd like to re-visit, I make sure I have them on the map, incl opening hours and other contacts. @streetcomplete and @everydoor are great tools for this, but @organicmaps also allows doing this straight from the app! π
This way, every time I write some of this down for my own use, everyone can profit from it.
Note also that I as a user can (and do) use this map as a note-taking device: every time I find a shop that I'd like to re-visit, I make sure I have them on the map, incl opening hours and other contacts. @streetcomplete and @everydoor are great tools for this, but @organicmaps also allows doing this straight from the app! π
This way, every time I write some of this down for my own use, everyone can profit from it.
Note also how the information is shown much more explicitly on the OrganicMaps view. The google map only becomes useful to #bike / #pedestrian once you zoom all the way in. Somehow their designers seem to be afraid of contrast or sth. π€·
I just love how #OSM is so much better, thanks to all involved! π«Ά
Enjoy traveling, and share a video version of Organic Maps Anthem!
With your donations and support, one day everyone can seamlessly switch from Google or Apple Maps to a better open-source and privacy-friendly alternative. https://organicmaps.app/donate/
@organicmaps I really like OM and I use it all the time except when it is important to have Traffic Information. Then I switch to Magic Earth.
I know that it is not easy to get Traffic Information for OM, but maybe you can deal something with the Guys from Magic Earth. Maybe they are willing to help in any Way?
Just an Idea. π
This one came up yesterday, while preparing for @organicmaps GSoC student work.
When developing an editor, you need to work with OSM Sandbox, a dev copy of API with no data. Sometimes it's frustrating because complex data is where an editor breaks. Usually I downloaded an OSM extract in JOSM, fixed ids, and uploaded it to the Sandbox, but on the 100th time I gave up.
This script helps you transfer a bbox worth of data in two commands, one of which is pip install.
This one came up yesterday, while preparing for @organicmaps GSoC student work.
When developing an editor, you need to work with OSM Sandbox, a dev copy of API with no data. Sometimes it's frustrating because complex data is where an editor breaks. Usually I downloaded an OSM extract in JOSM, fixed ids, and uploaded it to the Sandbox, but on the 100th time I gave up.
Okay I skipped three days, so here are three tweets on a big thing I did at Maps.Me. It's on the deep end of the iceberg.
In short, I was tasked with bringing subway networks to the app. Which was based on OSM data, so naturally I thought how to fix the data model: every city had its own tagging schema.
To monitor the process, I wrote the validator, which now powers @organicmaps :
Alexey later improved it, a lot. Now there are over 300 cities, all uniformly mapped!
Okay I skipped three days, so here are three tweets on a big thing I did at Maps.Me. It's on the deep end of the iceberg.
In short, I was tasked with bringing subway networks to the app. Which was based on OSM data, so naturally I thought how to fix the data model: every city had its own tagging schema.
No tracking! No crapware! No pesticides!
Organic Maps, where freedom resides!
Navigate with privacy, feel the vibe,
Community-driven, let's take the ride.
No tracking! No crapware! No pesticides!
Organic Maps, where freedom resides!
Navigate with privacy, feel the vibe,
Community-driven, let's take the ride.