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OsmAnd+ for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus&hl=en and also for iOS https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Apple_iOS are tracking-free to my best knowledge, of course, what Google or Apple does it unknown.
I have used OsmAnd which uses open street map and allows you to download maps for different parts of the world. Downloads are limited in the free version IIRC but I got the New Zealand map without paying.
Yes, it's the same as the paid version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus
It also has the osmlive subscription for free.
All the data is from https://www.openstreetmap.org so if something is wrong or missing you can join and fix it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus
Open Street Map based App, support offline navigation. I'm using it for hiking and car navigation, on and offroad. You can even navigate along a imported gpx track
OsmAnd~ (free) or OsmAnd+ (same app, $9 for the convenience of installing it from Google Play).
Open-source OFFLINE maps, navigation, points of interest, Wikipedia POI, hill shading, contour lines, wikivoyage.
I've used Maps.me, but I've never had much love for it. I've not touched it since discovering OsmAnd~.
If you don't want/can't use Google Maps, or any other online map service, you can also use OsmAnd which allows for offline storage of OpenStreet maps.
I use OSMand+ for navigation. It allows you to choose bicycle directions and is really good about routing onto bicycle only or friendly routes. It takes some practice and you can't just rely on it for easy, fast navigation the way google maps works, but it is really good for avoiding busy roads. We spent a huge chunk of this trip off the main cycle route 1, on side roads and farm roads.
Total budget for the trip including airfare from Denver to Taipei was $2000/person. We spent 28 days in Taiwan. We camped twice, but otherwise stayed in hotels or hostels. We ate out every meal and did not cook. Average hotel/airbnb costs were $20-40/night, but went up dramatically during the Chinese New Year. Camping more is totally feasible and other cyclists we met were camping full time, we were weak and stayed inside. It rained all day for probably 5 out of 15 riding days.
> I would be interested to know if there are any paid apps on the play store that are free software (whether the source is public or not).
There is OsmAnd+! Don't know about any other apps though.
Wie bei Fotografie und Radfahren sind die Online-communities beim Wandern ziemlich von Ausrüstungsfetischisten durchsetzt. Denen geht dann halt einer ab wenn sie mit 80€-Merino-Tshirt und 400€-Lodenjacke losziehen. Ist natürlich Mumpitz. Aber wenn du das ernsthafter angehen willst solltest du auf ein paar Sachen achten:
- Angemessenes Schuhwerk inklusive Socken: Das müssen keine Wanderschuhe sein wenn die Wege das nicht erfordern. Hier ein paar Euro mehr zu investieren lohnt immer.
- Rucksack: Sollte voll beladen bequem sitzen, nicht scheuern und richtig eingestellt das Gewicht gut verteilen. Gerade im Sommer sind Modelle die den Rucksack etwas vom Rücken fernhalten sinnvoll, sonst hat man schnell Saunafeeling. Wenn du längere Touren machst merkst du schnell wenn dein aktueller nicht mehr taugt. Gute Modelle gibts aber auch schon ab ca. 100€
- Zur Orientierung nutze ich OSMAnd hier solltest du die Karten vor der Tour herunterladen. Die ersten paar Regionen sind Kostenlos. Papierkarte als Backup schadet nie. Google Maps ist fürs Wandern panne, dort sind in der Regel nur PKW-taugliche Wege erfasst.
- Klamotten gibts ein paar mal jährlich bei Aldi/Lidl als Aktion. Die tun es genauso wie Fjällräven & Co für den zehnfachen Preis. Ein Merinoshirt für 20€ ist eine gute Investition.
I dumped Maps.me for good after discovering OSMAND. I used it for about 90% of my recent Australia road trip. Here's a copy/paste from another of my comments:
OsmAnd~ (free) or OsmAnd+ (same app, $9 for the convenience of installing it from Google Play).
Open-source OFFLINE maps, navigation, points of interest, Wikipedia POI, hill shading, contour lines, wikivoyage.
I've used Maps.me, but I've never had much love for it. I've not touched it since discovering OsmAnd~.
check them out https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus its an open source gmaps alternative
Note there are two answers -- with and without routing.
If you're not worried about routing, I use a Galaxy S5 (good GPS) in airplane + low power mode, and Maverick Maps. It has about 30 maps to choose from, all free. Includes many street (I use Nokia's maps), topo maps (I prefer ESRI Topo), and Aerial (I use Microsoft Hybrid with aerial and streets). It also has the awesome National Geographic maps. It does not do street routing.
Maverick uses standard GPX files that I can exchange with my computer, and use with EasyGPS and TopoFusion (or back to an old Garmin handheld GPS). You can find all the trails and switch between multiple maps and aerial maps. It has booth zoom the map in and out, and magnify the existing zoom level, so it scales to any screen. For hiking, it works great on an old phone with a strong battery. In the 4x4 I run it on a small tablet.
It uses GPX, but Waypoints go in a folder called Maverick\Waypoints, Tracks go in a folder called Maverick\Tracks. If you draw the roads you want to travel using a free program such as EasyGPS, you can display the roads you want in bright colors on black and white Topo Maps.
Drawbacks:
Mapquest maps no longer work as mapquest now charges for their use, and
Maverick hasn't bet updated to the new android security, so you can't move the map files to your external SD card. That's listed as being in their next release.
Last time I checked, free Maverick did almost everything as $20 Gaia maps, except mass downloading. For that you have to buy Maverick Pro ($7 when not on sale for $1.99).
Pre-downloaded Google maps isn't the best for hiking trails/off road. I also use OSMAnd with the topo plugin. I've looked into others: Polaris Navigation (cartoonish display and menus, not happy with maps), Gaia (expensive), OruxMaps, and Backcountry Navigator. For ease of use, I keep coming back to Maverick.
If you're looking for maps with routing (not good for just finding dirt roads, included here for completeness):
Maps.Me (app page) is good (provides navigation)
Nokia Here maps (app page)
OSM And (with plugins) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus&hl=en_US
Another good on/offroad app is OSM Street Maps
Grab OSMAnd+ for a bargain £0.10 and give that a whirl, decent night theme and good navigation.
Best app for offline navigation is OSMAnd. There is a free version, but if you travel a lot then it's worth paying for to be able to download enough maps. Once you have the maps you need downloaded you can turn mobile data off or even go into flight mode and still get accurate mapping and directions.
I'd also recommend GPS Status - another app I found it worth purchasing but you can have for free. It keeps your assisted GPS files and status up to date and will massively speed up locking on to satellites and improve accuracy as well.
Here you go. It uses OSM for it's data.
OSMAnd (£4.99) has contours. Or you can get their free version (£0.00) and their contours plugin (£1.99). I've never used the countors myself though so I can't vouch for their quality.
also ich hatte vor langer zeit einmal geplant von hamburg nach münchen zu gehen. Bin dann mal zum testen ne Tagestour nach Lüneburg gelatscht (30km). Ohne Karte, Weg kannte ich, einfach direkt an der Landstraße lang, nach dem Motto das Ziel ist da Ziel... Das ganze war aber so dermaßen öde, dass ich doch nicht mehr so richtig lust auf so eine lange strecke durch Deutschland hatte...
Also meine Empfehlung von der Erfahrung: Wenn du "einfach" da hin gehen willst, brauchst du nicht wirklich eine Karte. Orte dazwischen auf nen Zettel schreiben, Schilder gibts überall, bei Zweifel einfach fragen, wie man in den nächsten Ort kommt. Strecke wird aber höchstwahrscheinlich nicht der Knüller sein. Ich würd mir lieber erstmal in der Bücherei oder in nem Outdoorladen Bücher zur Inspiration anschauen und dann eine Route planen über Orte/Wege, wo du dann weißt dass es was zu sehen gibt. Ich hatte mal Rad/Motorradkarten von diesem Verlag, die immer besonders sehenswerte Strecken gekennzeichnet hatten, mit Tourvorschlägen auf der Rückseite, wirklich sehr zu empfehlen, die haben auch Wanderkarten (ich nehme jetzt einfach an dass die auch so sind).
Vielleicht dann sogar Bus/Bahn nehmen um die langweiligeren Abschnitte zu überspringen, dafür vielleicht dann Schlenker zu anderen Strecken einbauen...
Ansonsten kannste auch mal auf dieser website gucken, ob da vielleicht auch was für dich dabei ist, hatte das bisher auch nur für Radtouren genutzt bisher.
Falls du nach GPS gehen willst: Besser als Google Maps unterwegs ist OsmAnd: Karten können vorher runtergeladen werden und man brauch kein Internet unterwegs. Ich glaub die haben auch eine kostenlose Version, wo man aber nur 1 Bundesland auf einmal haben kann oder so (hatte die app jetzt lang nicht mehr, also kein Plan wie das z.Zt. ist)
You can try osmand (or the free version) with the contours plugin. The presence of hiking trails will depend on the map contributor in a certain area
try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.here.app.maps or just use google maps....
the yandex data (yandex is a Russian map provider) seems to be incomplete, at least in the UK
I got OsmAnd+, but you could easily do with the free version. I preloaded maps on it, but to be honest, when I was in Tokyo, I used Tokyo Subway Navigation the most, and Japan Trains when I was in Kansai. I also used Google Maps a lot, especially useful for buses, since I had a pocket wi-fi.
Weird, only OsmAnd+ is updated on the Play Store for me.
Navi gibt's auch mit offline Karten.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus
In your browser: https://www.openstreetmap.org/ -- no street view, of course.
Mobile: OsmAnd+ (F-Droid, Play Store, iOS) offers maps and navigation based on openstreetmap. Alternatively, Magic Earth (Play Store, iOS) seems to be a good choice privacy-wise, although it's not open source.
I forgot to mention this, but I'm also using a OnePlus 6 like you - so our devices should be pretty similar in overall function and mileage. For your reliance on Google applications - while I haven't used it personally - I've heard great things about the implementation of Open Gapps with LineageOS 17.1, and have heard it's much more stable and responsive than MicroG, but again I can't speak to any of that due to me not using it, that just seems to be the overall consensus by the community. You say you have yet to find a replacement for Google Maps - I'd recommend checking out OsmAnd+ from F-Droid or the Google Play Store, it's a really accurate maps and navigation application that also is free (for the base version) and open source. This means it actually respects your privacy and doesn't sell your location and maps/usage data to advertisers like Google Maps does. If you're also looking for the selection of apps on the Google Play Store, check out Aurora Store from F-Droid, it allows you to download apps from the Google Play Store without a Google account and stripped from Google Play Services and other injected tracking. The removal of Google Play Services may cause some applications not to function properly, that said, the majority of apps work just fine surprisingly.
I hope this helped, have an amazing rest of your day!
For ungoogled navigation, I would recommend the OpenStreetMaps apps like OSMand+
It is free but consider paying for it to support free software. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus
> I mean you can still try to charge for Free Software, but chances are you are either not making any money with it as nobody cares about your now useless service
Some of the programs I use (from F-Droid, I don't got no googles plays) seem to be doing OK.
(some of these have gratis version as well; i don't know anything about the googles version of these pieces of software).
[Strangely, the mobile version of GnuCash, which is very polished, is free on googles].
That being said, personally, there are many projects that I would rather, and do, donate to than elementaryOS.
It does remind me, that I should donate a couple of bucks to my distro of choice in addition to the key projects that I use.
Osmand~ https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus if you don't have f-droid)