alt Hacker News> Google Maps has gotten so slow
When it comes to navigating (except public transit), hiking, and route building, Organic Maps[1] is very good. OSM data and offline-first is the way forward for detailed and _fast_ map experience.
For cycling route building I have to mention BRouter[2], which allows you to write a custom cost function that is used to tweak your route preferences.
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titanomachy • today at 1:12 PM
Cool! I'm guessing no traffic data in organic maps? I'd still install it to use as a backup.
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carlosjobim • today at 3:35 PM
https://www.cycle.travel is also excellent for cycling routes. Made by a solo developer as far as I remember.
I remember an engineer I talked to recently saying that OSM didn't have sufficiently up-to-date data for their routing use case -- new roads, closed roads, traffic data, etc. Is that the case?