OpenStreetMap and Deborah Nicholson win 2018 FSF Awards

Posted Mar 26, 2019 12:41 UTC (Tue) by ntnn (guest, #109693)
In reply to: OpenStreetMap and Deborah Nicholson win 2018 FSF Awards by eru
Parent article: OpenStreetMap and Deborah Nicholson win 2018 FSF Awards

Yeah, we would've been lost in Ireland a few times if it weren't for OpenStreetMaps.

Most of the Hotels and Bed&Breakfasts we had booked didn't have an address and weren't registered in the cars GPS or Google Maps (nor any other maps service we tried later). With OpenStreetMaps via the OSM App we found each stop without a hassle.

Though the OSM seems to have gotten worse, at least it took ages to startup and the search didn't find anything related to my queries later on. I haven't used it since I got a new phone (roughly ~1y).

OpenStreetMap and Deborah Nicholson win 2018 FSF Awards

Posted Mar 26, 2019 12:55 UTC (Tue) by TomH (subscriber, #56149) [Link] (3 responses)

There is no one "OSM app" I'm afraid.

There are lots of third party apps that use OpenStreetMap data, and I have no idea which one you are using but there will be certainly be lots of others to choose from.

There are no mobile apps made by, or endorsed by, the project itself or the OpenStreetMap Foundation however.

OpenStreetMap and Deborah Nicholson win 2018 FSF Awards

Posted Mar 26, 2019 14:19 UTC (Tue) by ntnn (guest, #109693) [Link] (2 responses)

Yeah, I'm referring to OSMand (I've had to look it up) on fdroid (it's on Google Play as well, iirc).
I know they're separate entities, however I've never met anyone who didn't recognize OSMand as `the` OSM app.

OpenStreetMap and Deborah Nicholson win 2018 FSF Awards

Posted Mar 26, 2019 15:11 UTC (Tue) by TomH (subscriber, #56149) [Link] (1 responses)

See I would have guessed at MAPS.ME which has like an order of magnitude more users than OsmAnd.

OpenStreetMap and Deborah Nicholson win 2018 FSF Awards

Posted Mar 28, 2019 15:26 UTC (Thu) by mgedmin (subscriber, #34497) [Link]

But no 'OSM' in the app name, which disqualifies it from being "the OSM app" :)