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 are many options available, which can take some time to learn. However, if you just want to use the app for car navigation it's fairly straightforward to use. I did take out a one year subscription to avail of additional features I wanted to test out, it cost me £4.99 when purchased from OsmAnd website. I'm happy with the app and use it with Android Auto and for finding places of interest in unfamiliar towns. Maybe not as polished as Google Maps, but there are no ads and it's open source.

almost what I need. Since my preferred nav app has gone subscription (I have paid) it is so full of bugs that it is almost unusable for me. This almost fills the gap but without real time traffic I cannot justify the purchase. I like the ability to have different vehicle profiles but when you have more than one of the same type it would be good if you could differentiate between them (I have 4 truck icons of different sizes). The ability to add my own icons for imported POIs is required for me

Feature Request: Ability to make map redrawing 'one-shot'. I use the app with the display always on. With the blue arrow showing my position. When the "My Location" button is full blue, my galaxy phone discharges by about 18% per hour. But if button is white, the phone discharges by 100% per hour! Occasionally I would like the map to be redrawn so that the arrow is at the bottom. But only once! The app should stop redrawing the map.

What’s new

• 3D Buildings support added
• Spherical map view
• Astronomy plugin with night map and star database
• New color modes for Speedometer: tolerance and speeding
• Separate widget layouts for Landscape and Portrait
• Trip recording widgets: Moving speed and Average speed
• Adapter voltage widget for Vehicle Metrics
• Vehicle metrics data in Track Analyzer
• Auto-organize tracks by year, length, activity & more
• Palette editor for Terrain and Track visualization