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…Updates are not rendered if both OsmAnd V2 rendering and hardened memory allocator are enabled: https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/20190

comment by Self-Perfection · 2026-09-28 · in GrapheneOS – When an app is slow

…or elsewhere. If you think it'll be reproducible, then the bug tracker would be the right place https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues ¹ maybe walking has to visit every alley and be slower if your profile modifications can't use the…

comment by Aachen · 2026-02-27 · in OsmAnd’s Faster Offline Navigation (2025)

…//wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenSeaMap https://map.openseamap.org/ "Depth Data for Nautical Charts" https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/discussions/18116

comment by westurner · 2026-01-26 · in Show HN: An interactive map of US lighthouses and navigational aids

…features, such as speed humps. I recently suggested that in OSMAnd and got no traction [0]. [0] https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/21320

comment by david-gpu · 2024-11-21 · in Show HN: Bike route planner that follows almost only official bike trails

Slightly offtopic I have OsmAnd ( https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd ) on my phone, download the basemaps, download my (small) country data (both sourced from open street maps), and with an app + ~1GB of data, I get the maps and full…

comment by ajsnigrutin · 2024-02-11 · in 2024: The year of the OpenStreetMap vector maps

…with regards to such unethical tracking means that I will never use any software they ever release. https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/15058 Organic Maps does not, and should be supported instead.

comment by sneak · 2023-09-01 · in Organic Maps

…what Osmand uses. Dont put the map data onto the sd card or use one of the predefined locations https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/12046 https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/13254 Edit: If that is not the culprit then check…

comment by ce4 · 2022-11-24 · in maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps

https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues

comment by rhamzeh · 2022-11-24 · in maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps

…you have on the screen. Android application OsmAnd is notoriously slow because of this: https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/discussions/11961

comment by tecleandor · 2022-04-22 · in The smallest 256x256 single-color PNG file, and where you've seen it (2015)

Thank you, filed here: https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/13842

comment by dotancohen · 2022-03-03 · in F-Droid – alternative to Google Play store

I suggest to raise an issue here: https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd

comment by habi · 2022-03-02 · in F-Droid – alternative to Google Play store

…how much faster our devices have gotten since then. There is justification for it for sure (see https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues?q=is%3Aissue+slow... for a few), and I love OSM out of principle, but as a product, it will remain…

comment by solox3 · 2022-02-01 · in Google Maps now requires WiFi scanning to use navigation

…longer. OsmAnd (OpenStreetMap navigation app) is releasing their Android Auto app later this year: https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/3391

comment by gman83 · 2021-05-13 · in Google fined €100M by Italian antitrust over Google Play abuse of dominance

…[1]: https://osmand.net/ [2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/OsmAnd/comments/l17r3l/any_updates_... [3]: https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand/issues/3391

comment by jakecopp · 2021-03-17 · in Google finally revealed how much personal data they collect in Chrome

…adjacent tiles. EDIT: performance issues seem to not be due to rendering the vector data[1]. [1] https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/8370

comment by andreareina · 2021-02-09 · in OpenStreetMap proven to be a highly accurate map in top US cities

…via AppWarden if you don't trust me) [1] https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS [2] https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd [3] https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AppWarden/ [4] https://github.com/blokadaorg [5]…

comment by cookiengineer · 2020-11-30 · in E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services

…their github: https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website For mobile I recommend OsmAnd: https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand

comment by cycloptic · 2019-08-29 · in Reasons Not to Use Google (2015)

…useful, but a Bluetooth dongle needs to be installed in the engine, first. Hence, quite rare: https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand/issues/3204

comment by Piskvorrr · 2018-02-19 · in How NYC’s subway got wireless in the tunnels

…biking or navigation on the water. And regarding elevation it seems it is also there inside: https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand/issues/1795

comment by therealmarv · 2017-04-18 · in Google Earth Redesigned

…http://fossdroid.com/a/osmand~.html https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.osmand.plus https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OsmAnd The interface took a little while to become used to, but in general…

comment by phillc73 · 2015-04-19 · in Fossdroid.com: Free and open source Android applications