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HI all,

Sorry for spamming, but seeing that the other OSM-post got quite some traction, I wanted to point out that the OSM-community here is coming to life as well.

You can post your beginner questions into the newbie friday thread or brag about your mapping projects into the showoff sunday thread

At last, please post OSM-related content over there! We need to get this party started...

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[–] b0o@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Let’s get all the Free Software communities on here!

[–] Ninguem@lemmy.pt 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've purchased OSMAnd on Android and I love it. But would like to try out Organic Maps.

I wonder: Is there a way to share the maps between the two? Or am I forced to keep both copies?

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. Both package the same OSM-data, but they use a different binary format.

[–] Ninguem@lemmy.pt 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's a shame! Maybe there's a place for an "OSMService", serving maps to apps.

"MApps"?

[–] carlosfm@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yesterday I've seen the other thread, curiosity got the best of me so I registered in openstreetmap and in Organic Maps I've added a missing cafe and a restaurant in my area. Fascinating!

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a good user guide for osmand? Iwant to use it but it seems WAY too difficult

[–] JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

What are you trying to use it for? If you just need basic mapping, you might look at Organic Maps.