i have been using magic earth with no issues.
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I usually use magic earth and i really like it. I've been trying organic maps because it was in the fdroid store but i'm not really a fan of the user interface. It's only been a few days and i think i need to mess with it more to get used to it, but magic earth was great at finding places and navigating and the user interface was pretty intuitive.
Best I've seen so far is organic maps. It's very good on local It shows you all the building numbers around you which is kind of nice. However it does not work well on long trips. And more than once I've had to download fairly large blocks of extra tiles if I'm not on an interstate.
To get you back and forth to a doctor or a dentist or a couple of towns over it's fabulous.
Sadly traffic is not available in lots of places :(
Another vote for Magic Earth, the other providers do not have addresses past street - level in my location. No complaints at all :)
Thanks, I'll give that a try after Organic Maps. I had the same issue with no street numbers too
I used MapFactor many times during trips.
You can either download free maps from OSM or paid maps from... I think it's TomTom? Or is it Garmin? I forget, I've never used them.
Anyway the interface ain't that friendly, but there's a LOT of points of interests, and there's live traffic if you have internet access. It has a few cool features too. It can be used via Android Auto and can even use your phone screen's reflection on your windshield as a HUD!
The only caveat is you have to download the maps and they can take a lot of storage space depending how large an area you need.
Edit : yeah it's TomTom
I use "HERE we go" in Germany
HERE WE GO has been a great Google Map alternative for me.
@JoelJ
You can also try MagicEarth from PlayStore
Recommending an app from the play store seems counterintuitive to degoogling, no?
@pogmommy
Which OS are you using on your smartphone?
I use Grapheneos, though I'm not opposed to suggesting stuff from the play store where foss options don't cut it. I just personally don't feel like they make much sense in a post in a degoogling community
@pogmommy
Then one could also argue and say that grapheneos is not good because it is based on Aosp, which is developed by Google.
I mean, I don't disagree entirely. Once a proper foss smartphone is available and viable for daily use, I fully intend to use it because graphene does have a lot of google dependencies that I consider shortcomings. But if the goal is degoogling, navigation apps from non-google stores is not a particularly high bar to clear at the moment.
data-wise, OsmAnd and Organic both use OpenStreetMap so there's no difference. I am not sure the second error in your post is a osm problem or it's just osmand