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Can anyone recommend a user guide for #OpenStreetMap or maybe a migration guide from Google Maps?
Everything I can find is either for contributors or data scientists, & I just want to use it on my phone for navigating in my area & places I visit. To be honest, parts of it aren't hugely intuitive which would be fine if I could find a decent guide but I'm struggling.
@NudelnAlDente
Hiya!
What app are you using?
The default openstreetmap.org web GUI isn't the best to use on mobile.
Most android apps are pretty straighforward to use.
On Android i use @organicmaps, but there's also @CoMaps (there's some political difference, but the data they use is the same).
On Android, you can also use something called GeoShare (https://f-droid.org/packages/page.ooooo.geoshare/) that converts other links to OSM links.
Does that help?
@chewie @organicmaps @CoMaps Thanks. I'm using OsmAnd. The basics are easy but I feel like I'm missing something more advanced, like I'm missing a trick to "level up" & make it more useful to me. That said, maybe it's just not the app for me & I should try another, like OrganicMaps.
@NudelnAlDente @organicmaps @CoMaps a long time ago, I did try osmand, and there wasn't much other choice. It was good, but when maps.me came out, I thought it was a lot more polished, and then I found organicmaps, the more "open" one, I switched to that, and I haven't regretted it.
@chewie @NudelnAlDente @organicmaps @CoMaps I think this is the way to go. I have Organic Maps and Osmand on my phone and both of them seem pretty easy to use.
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