offline magic earth requires now a 15€ subscription
I liked using it but 15€/year for navigation is too much for me. I'm going to stick to osmand now. At least osmand is open source. It has roughly the same features. It's just not that beautiful. I paid for osmand btw. What's your alternative?
Edit: And I like paying for osmand because it is open source.
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Karkitoo
in reply to illusionist • • •I like Organic Maps. UI is clear and simple-ish to use.
However, it lacks quite a lot compared to the (cluttered UI of) OSMand.
Edit: great mentality there. You could at least tell me the pros of your favorite solution and the cons of organic map before Downvoting me.
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Kami
in reply to Karkitoo • • •Organic maps is shit.
Use CoMaps instead.
theorangeninja
in reply to Kami • • •DSN9
in reply to Kami • • •barcaxavi
in reply to Karkitoo • • •menafn.com/1109612598/Organic-…
Organic Maps Fork Spurs Governance Debate
Middle East North Africa Financial NetworkKarkitoo
in reply to barcaxavi • • •Ah, thank you for this article !
Indeed, not a good project governance and not an project I should recommend.
Uninstalled Organic Maps, and I will try CoMaps (or default back to OSMand)
stupid_asshole69 [none/use name]
in reply to Karkitoo • • •Everyone, make sure to reply to this person instead of just downvoting their comments.
It’s your responsibility to manage their feelings, not their responsibility to use an instance without downvotes, or even turn off downvotes in their own control panel.
checkfit
in reply to Karkitoo • • •I switched to organic maps too.
Also, until comaps have bike layer I am not switching
monovergent
in reply to Karkitoo • • •illusionist
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in reply to illusionist • • •barcaxavi
in reply to illusionist • • •Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I think I used an apk from way before and now after updating it I see their new beautiful UI. Pretty nice.
I'm also all for OSS, but in this case, for me, there's no OSS alternative for navigation. Both CoMaps and OsmAnd can be used for it, but not tailored to do it.
As a frequent and satisfied user, I'm happy to contribute to their development. 15 EUR annually doesn't seem far fetched, but you can actually get the Premium package on their site for 6 EUR (link to the pricing page). That's like 3-4 can of beers kind of money.
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www.magicearth.comillusionist
in reply to barcaxavi • • •Thanks!
6€ per year would be reasonable for me. I'm just a casual user. I may need it only once every other month.
barcaxavi
in reply to illusionist • • •Also happy to read you'd like to contribute, sometimes I get mixed feedback when it's about giving back somehow to these devs.
illusionist
in reply to barcaxavi • • •Danitos
in reply to barcaxavi • • •barcaxavi
in reply to Danitos • • •So is €3.5 around 3-4 cans of beer in Colombia?
Danitos
in reply to barcaxavi • • •wiccan2
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in reply to wiccan2 • • •curious_dolphin
in reply to illusionist • • •In case anyone else out there is unaware, the "paid" tier for Osmand is unlockable for free to OSM contributors, meaning if you make a habit of contributing edits to OSM, then all you'd have to do is link to your OSM account within Osmand settings. Not to dissuade anyone from contributing financially, just sayin' b/c I think that is a nice little perk for editors from the Osmand team.
I personally prefer CoMaps (forked from Organic Maps), the UI is a little more intuitive to me than Osmand.
illusionist
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