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Most effective map navigation app? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 days ago by JoelJ@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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I've been using Waze for the past year but I just looked it up and realised that it's also owned by Google. I tried using OsmAnd yesterday twice, but the first time I went through a tunnel it just stopped giving directions when I came out of the tunnel (a bug I assume). The second time on the way home, it took me down the wrong exit and I almost ended up at the airport!

Anybody have a better experience with other apps? I've just installed Organic Maps so I'll see how that goes this week.

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[–] tomtom@friendica.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

@JoelJ
You can also try MagicEarth from PlayStore

[–] pogmommy@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Recommending an app from the play store seems counterintuitive to degoogling, no?

[–] tomtom@friendica.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

@pogmommy
Which OS are you using on your smartphone?

[–] pogmommy@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 hours ago

I use Grapheneos, though I'm not opposed to suggesting stuff from the play store where foss options don't cut it. I just personally don't feel like they make much sense in a post in a degoogling community