OsmAnd — Maps & GPS Offline

OsmAnd

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About this app

OsmAnd is an offline world map application based on OpenStreetMap (OSM), which allows you to navigate taking into account the preferred roads and vehicle dimensions. Plan routes based on inclines and record GPX tracks without an internet connection.
OsmAnd is an open source app. We do not collect user data and you decide what data the app will have access to.

Main features:

Map view
• Choice of places to be displayed on the map: attractions, food, health and more;
• Search for places by address, name, coordinates, or category;
• Map styles for the convenience of different activities: touring view, nautical map, winter and ski, topographic, desert, off-road, and others;
• Shading relief and plug-in contour lines;
• Ability to overlay different sources of maps on top of each other;

GPS Navigation
• Plotting a route to a place without an Internet connection;
• Customizable navigation profiles for different vehicles: cars, motorcycles, bicycles, 4x4, pedestrians, boats, public transport, and more;
• Change the constructed route, taking into account the exclusion of certain roads or road surfaces;
• Customizable information widgets about the route: distance, speed, remaining travel time, distance to turn, and more;

Route Planning and Recording
• Plotting a route point by point using one or multiple navigation profiles;
• Route recording using GPX tracks;
• Manage GPX tracks: displaying your own or imported GPX tracks on the map, navigating through them;
• Visual data about the route - descents/ascents, distances;
• Ability to share GPX track in OpenStreetMap;

Creation of points with different functionality
• Favourites;
• Markers;
• Audio/video notes;

OpenStreetMap
• Making edits to OSM;
• Updating maps with a frequency of up to one hour;

Additional features
• Compass and radius ruler;
• Mapillary interface;
• Night theme;
• Wikipedia;
• Large community of users around the world, documentation, and support;

Paid features:

Maps+ (in-app or subscription)
• Android Auto support;
• Unlimited map downloads;
• Topo data (Contour lines and Terrain);
• Nautical depths;
• Offline Wikipedia;
• Offline Wikivoyage - Travel guides.

OsmAnd Pro (subscription)
• OsmAnd Cloud (backup and restore);
• Cross-platform;
• Hourly map updates;
• Weather plugin;
• Elevation widget;
• Customise route line;
• External sensors support (ANT+, Bluetooth);
• Online Elevation profile.

Ratings and reviews

The most powerful mapping app you can possibly imagine. Its ease of use has somewhat to suffer precisely because of its complexity, but it's a trade-off you have to make. I think the most important features it will need to acquire are the ability to transfer routes between the android and the desktop apps, and to improve smoothness of the single-finger zoom (double tap quickly followed by vertical finger motion to zoom the map in and out).

Default navigation settings unusable in Central Europe. Maybe fine in uninhabited regions where OSM data is close to non-existant. At every railway crossing, pedestrian crossing and traffic island (called "speed bumps") the app screams "ATTENTION!" distracting from the traffic on the road. App barely manages to squeeze in the navigation information between that. -- Defaults matter and set the tone for the target group. -- (Edited for clarity.)

Generally good, but why does "speed" tab for routes display "slowness" instead? Speed is, by definition, distance divided by time, not vice versa. I never use the displayed thing anywhere and can't easily relate to particular values. Besides, make just one stop and the graph becomes useless: peaks to maximum and actually meaningful values at the bottom, so that you can hardly distinguish between 4, 5 and 6 km/h when hiking. EDIT: I don't want to filter anything, I want to see speed in km/h.

What's new

• Added a full-screen gallery viewer for Wikimedia images
• Introduced a new plugin "Vehicle Metrics" to monitor vehicle performance using the OBD-II protocol
• Added the ability to assign activities to tracks and filter them accordingly
• Implemented new quick actions for trip recording and touchscreen lock
• Introduced customizable map button appearance and a precise grid
• Added a context menu and a "Reset average speed" action to widgets
• Added new route layer "Dirt Bike trails"