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What's a good navigation app for Android that works outside the US? (Scout doesn't) I have a couple of apps in my phone (Navigator and Waze), but the UI is rea
by janus 12y ago
What's a good navigation app for Android that works outside the US? (Scout doesn't)
I have a couple of apps in my phone (Navigator and Waze), but the UI is really cumbersome compared to Google Maps. I use them because OSM maps are better in small tows in my area than Google Maps, plus you can keep offline maps.
- techsupporter 12y agoOsmAnd? I don't really use it for navigation (why not, see below) but I know that it is a feature and I'm 100% sure of its offline maps capability. Why not: It doesn't have bus/train/streetcar transit routing, something I don't expect it to have, though I'm feverishly adding all of the bus stops around me just in case.
- privong 12y agoI use it for a general idea of where to drive. But I don't follow the directions blindly. It seems to equate all "highways", meaning it gives equal weight to interstates and state highways, which results in routes which are direct, but slower than a slightly more indirect route making more use of interstates.
- Brakenshire 12y agoIn Settings > Navigation, you can change the routing engine, incidentally, which might solve that problem. Although the other options require an internet connection for the initial calculation.
- privong 12y agoThanks. I guess I've shied away from those because I'm often out of cell service when I need directions :) But I should do some test runs to see how they compare.
- maxerickson 12y agoI think it would benefit from an option for 'Online routing when available'.
- pas 12y agoGet your local transit provider to publish their schedules in GTFS! (Or maybe they already do? http://www.gtfs-data-exchange.com/ http://www.gtfs-data-exchange.com/ )
- xanderstrike 12y agoDoes Google Maps not work outside the US either?
- garretraziel 12y agoThey of course DO work outside the US.
- yarrel 12y agoThe last time I tried to find an office building in Berlin, Google Maps sent me to a primary school. House in London? House in Sussex. Google Maps doesn't work all that well outside the US in my experience.
- chris_mahan 12y agoI used Google Maps in Japan in January 2014. It worked perfectly.
- ris 12y agoWaze has nothing to do with OpenStreetMap