Are there any free and open-source navigation apps for Android, under 50MB? (lemy.lol)

submitted 7 months ago by King@lemy.lol to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[-] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org -1 points 7 months ago

Organic maps can't even handle addresses. How is this useful for driving?

[-] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 7 months ago

Yes it can. You need to download the necessary maps first before you can search for addresses though.

[-] jabjoe@feddit.uk 6 points 7 months ago

It does handle addresses.

[-] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago

Not in the US. I have the world map and the los Angeles maps. It is incapable of recognizing any address that I give it

[-] N4CHEM@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Is the area properly mapped in OpenStreetMap? Organic Maps uses OpenStreetMap data, if addresses are not present there, then it's up to the users to add them.

[-] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This is the address for the belasco in Los Angeles. It knows the names of the street but not the numbers. Without addresses it's basically useless.

Clicking on any of these results will simply take you to that street at a random location on it.

[-] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

For the UK, it doesn't have house names/numbers, but streets + towns work fine.

[-] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Not in the US.

I'd be careful of making sweeping statements about 3.7m square miles of land from your doorstep in LA.

I'm in the US too, and here in Atlanta I use Organic Maps frequently to find specific street addresses. It works quite well. I would agree with the other responses here suggesting that maybe you could contribute some data to OSM for the areas you encounter that are missing street numbers. You'll be helping yourself and others!

[-] jbd@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

Street address data isn't available for the US. I find the POI in Google Maps in Firefox and then go to Share and open the coordinates in Organic Maps or OsmAnd.