Yeah, that’s my biggest gripe too. It’s awesome for outdoor stuff like hikes and bike rides. But actually just typing in an address/POI like in Google Maps and it finds it? Somehow it doesn’t work. At least with OsmAnd and OrganicMaps.
IIRC that works better with MagicEarth. Of course, GoogleMaps still does have better POI and address coverage in many places, and they can train their search on billions of users.
In the UK we usually just type in the post code and that’s enough to get you within visual range of the place you’re looking for. The map has some built in post codes but not all of them, but I discovered you can import a complete dataset into osmand as points of interest which improves the post code search massively.
If only the apps with navigation weren’t total ass though…
Yeah, that’s my biggest gripe too. It’s awesome for outdoor stuff like hikes and bike rides. But actually just typing in an address/POI like in Google Maps and it finds it? Somehow it doesn’t work. At least with OsmAnd and OrganicMaps.
IIRC that works better with MagicEarth. Of course, GoogleMaps still does have better POI and address coverage in many places, and they can train their search on billions of users.
It took me too long to realize that OsmAnd has separate POI and address searches. Street numbers are often missing though
In the UK we usually just type in the post code and that’s enough to get you within visual range of the place you’re looking for. The map has some built in post codes but not all of them, but I discovered you can import a complete dataset into osmand as points of interest which improves the post code search massively.
The repository with the tools to build the postcode POI file is here: https://github.com/hvdwolf/OsmAnd-UKpostcodes/
But you can also download a pre-built one from here: https://github.com/hvdwolf/OsmAnd-UKpostcodes/releases/download/202102/UK_postcodes_poi_europe.obf.zip
Without traffic info for average road speeds and any jams, navigation can’t be good.