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Nokia's Here offline navigation for Android no longer in "beta"

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OpenStreeMap (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2015-02-14 20:45 (#33F6)

I'll keep using the opensource, fully offline, non-tracking, non-corporate-owned OsmAnd, thank you ...

Re: OpenStreeMap (Score: 1)

by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-02-14 22:01 (#33HS)

OsmAnd is HORRIBLE. Doesn't know street numbers, requires carefully inputting an address across several fields. Has practically no POI. etc.

Nokia's Here is... not horrible. In fact it's very good. (Offline) POI is not as up-to-date as (online) Google Maps or MapQuest, or a select few offline non-free navigation apps like Sygic.

And if you're driving a non-trivial distance, traffic info is invaluable. It's not possible for any open-source, non-tracking app to give you traffic info.

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2015-02-14 22:01
OsmAnd is HORRIBLE. Doesn't know street numbers, requires carefully inputting an address across several fields. Has practically no POI. etc.

Nokia's Here is... not horrible. In fact it's very good. (Offline) POI is not as up-to-date as (online) Google Maps or MapQuest, or a select few offline non-free navigation apps like Sygic.

And if you're driving a non-trivial distance, traffic info is invaluable. It's not possible for any open-source, non-tracking app to give you traffic info.

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