How does your everyday map look like? Which map style do you use?

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Yeah, OSMAnd’s rendering is clunky

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Last week I was driving with my sister and she said, looking at OsmAnd: “What app is this? I don’t understand anything on that map!”. I think that it takes some time to get used to OsmAnd map style, but it’s very clear after you understand it (clearer than Organic Maps, in my opinion).

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Depends on what you want from the map. I’d like a map to look good when using it and I don’t think OSMand achieves that. But that’s personal taste… Editing it I actually prefer Carto or even the raw import in JOSM.

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Sure. But I like OsmAnd because I can tell very fast which are major roads and which aren’t (and driving in a big city you don’t know it can be useful).

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Yeah Organic Maps is so beatiful! Osmand looks kind of ugly. I am an engineer and Osmand style looks like it’s made by an engineer while Organic Maps looks like it has received the love of some caring designer!

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OsmAnd re-rendering whenever I move the mapsl sucks arse. Very bad UX.

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There’s imo better looking themes for it. I like the look of the cycloroute theme, toned down greens etc. But I am so used to the standard osmand theme that I just keep using that.

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@randomaccount43543 @youslashuser So true, plus @organicmaps loads much faster. On the other hand, #OSMand has more features for power users.

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