OsmAnd+ Maps & Navigation - £0.10 @ Google Play

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OsmAnd+ Maps & Navigation Now 10p @ Google Play Store

£0.10 Google Play19 Dec 15

Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Mobiles

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5haks

15 Dec 15

•Works totally offline (no roaming charges when you are abroad) but also has a (fast) online option
•Turn-by-turn voice guidance (recorded and synthesized voices)
•Announce traffic warnings like stop signs, pedestrian crosswalks, or when you are exceeding the speed limit.
•Optional lane guidance, street name display, and estimated time of arrival
•Supports intermediate points on your itinerary
•Automatic re-routing whenever you deviate from the route
•Search for places by address, by type (e.g.: restaurant, hotel, gas station, museum), or by geographical coordinates
•Carry highly detailed, fully offline maps of any region world wide on your device!
•Display your position and orientation on the map
•Optionally align the map according to compass or your direction of motion
•Save your most important places as Favorites
•Display POIs (points of interest) around you
•Can also display specialized online tile maps
•Can also display satellite view (from Bing)
•Can display different overlays like touring/navigation GPX tracks and additional maps with customizable transparency
•Optionally display place names in English, local, or phonetic spelling

HUKD Member Reviews:

cyuk2 - "This is superb for walking, especially with the free, downloadable map content for offline use on the hills.
Good level of detail too for smaller tracks. You can also load gpx files etc to follow other people's routes."

umataro - "Nokia HERE is excellent but does not currently (at least on android) offer lane guidance. This does.
Waze is online only, OsmAnd can download maps for offline use.
OsmAnd+ works (or worked when I used it) with crowdsourced maps from OpenStreetMaps project and (if you pay extra) with maps from TomTom. When I travelled around the world, I managed to get to areas that NO commercial mapmakers mapped. Literally nobody. Not Google, not Navteq, not Tele Atlas, nobody. Only OpenStreetMaps. So my suggestion is, get this if you want to do a bit of offroading, travel to exotic countries, drive through the countryside, etc."

Top comments

pitlab1

15 Dec 15 7 #21

This app has access to:
Identity
read your own contact card
add or remove accounts
find accounts on the device
Calendar
read calendar events plus confidential information
Contacts
read your contacts
modify your contacts
Location
precise location (GPS and network-based)
access extra location provider commands
approximate location (network-based)
SMS
receive text messages (SMS)
Photos / Media / Files
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
read the contents of your USB storage
Camera
take pictures and videos
Microphone
record audio
Device ID & call information
read phone status and identity
Other
read sync statistics
receive data from Internet
modify secure system settings
control vibration
run at startup
use accounts on the device
pair with Bluetooth devices
read sync settings
send sticky broadcast
create accounts and set passwords
toggle sync on and off
prevent device from sleeping
view network connections
change your audio settings
modify system settings
full network access

WHY THIS ALL APPS WANT TO HAVE AN ACCESS TO EVERYTHING ON MY PHONE??
With a smartwatch they know even which hand I use in toilet"

dark_shadow

15 Dec 15 6 #1

Good price but redundant in comparison to here maps by Nokia which is totally free!

umataro

15 Dec 15 3 #15

Nokia HERE is excellent but does not currently (at least on android) offer lane guidance. This does.
Waze is online only, OsmAnd can download maps for offline use.
OsmAnd+ works (or worked when I used it) with crowdsourced maps from OpenStreetMaps project and (if you pay extra) with maps from TomTom. When I travelled around the world, I managed to get to areas that NO commercial mapmakers mapped. Literally nobody. Not Google, not Navteq, not Tele Atlas, nobody. Only OpenStreetMaps. So my suggestion is, get this if you want to do a bit of offroading, travel to exotic countries, drive through the countryside, etc.

All comments (39)

dark_shadow

15 Dec 15 6 #1

Good price but redundant in comparison to here maps by Nokia which is totally free!

bocosrs to dark_shadow

15 Dec 15 1 #4

Another thumbs up from me about Nokias Here, does the job, minimum of fuss and regular maps updates.

OB1 to dark_shadow

15 Dec 15 1 #14

I'd be interested to see a comparison in mapping quality between the OpenStreetMap data that this app uses, Here maps and Google maps. Particularly as far as cycling and walking routes is concerned. I guess they are all pretty good for driving routes.

I like that they include over-speed limit advice, I wish google maps did that, it's the main reason I choose to use Here maps.

Here maps not part of Nokia anymore, now owned by the German car makers.

j484rkh4n

15 Dec 15 #2

Try Waze

VDisillusioned to j484rkh4n

15 Dec 15 1 #5

Waze is online only, isn't it? So not really the same sort of product.

Paradroid

15 Dec 15 #3

How does it compare to Waze? From the look of it it's not as good as either Waze or Maps.

cyuk

15 Dec 15 2 #6

This is superb for walking, especially with the free, downloadable map content for offline use on the hills.

Good level of detail too for smaller tracks.You can also load gpx files etc to follow other people's routes.

flobbit to cyuk

15 Dec 15 #9

And the mapping is better than google's

chrisredmayne

15 Dec 15 2 #7

worth it for a ten p for long journeys as Google maps wrecks your battery constantly downloading

winchman to chrisredmayne

15 Dec 15 1 #11

Google can now run offline with directions and some search functions.

https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/6291838?hl=en-GB&rd=1

https://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/navigate-and-search-real-world-online.html

Cholek3

15 Dec 15 #8

It's only 10p, so definitely worth a try. Heat added.

vassy201187

15 Dec 15 #10

I have been using Google maps. How's waze and here maps compared to it?
Thanks

dunc360

15 Dec 15 #12

Will give it a go for this price, have some heat!

New2Deals

15 Dec 15 1 #13

Indefensible when traveling abroad where I don't have a data connection. Hot from me.

umataro

15 Dec 15 3 #15

benjus

15 Dec 15 1 #16

I tried Nokia HERE (for Android) about a year when visiting Brazil. The wretched thing had me driving around aimlessly in Rio de Janeiro for quite a while (for some reason the GPS location wasn't correctly synced with the map, so it was showing me on a road that wasn't the one I was actually on) before I found somewhere that looked safe to stop and switch to my backup app (Navmii, also free) which fortunately worked fine. It will take quite a lot to convince me to try HERE again, while I've been using Navmii ever since and it's been great.

Not tried this one but certainly looks worth a look.

LetoKynes

15 Dec 15 #17

This is great, should be better than HERE Maps for walking trails. Thanks so much for posting!

5haks to LetoKynes

15 Dec 15 #18

your welcome :smiley:

drasim

15 Dec 15 #19

Looks good - I've been using Nokia Here for a while now - it's good, but not perfect so for 10p this is worth trying out

hughwp

15 Dec 15 #20

Is this better than the free version for walking maps as the free one does not show many footpaths

pitlab1

15 Dec 15 7 #21

Newbold to pitlab1

15 Dec 15 #24

You missed the one below all that in the small print:

take full possession of your wife/husband/partner/pets

vclaw to pitlab1

16 Dec 15 #35

Just to clarify, that is the permissions for Waze. Waze is owned by Google, so they probably have access to most of that already anway...

OsmAnd+ does not need most of those permissions.

mc11

15 Dec 15 #22

I usually use Here maps and sometimes. Google but help. With the lanes is handy. For 10p this is definitely worth a shot.

Thanks, op

steford

15 Dec 15 1 #23

I use OSM data for cycling and walking and find it to be mostly excellent. I occasionally drop into Google or sat data when planning where OSM can't manage (and vice versa). On the road with route planned it's OSM data on the Garmin (bike) or in Viewranger (walking) on the phone. For quick lookups Google usually does the job.

ifti

15 Dec 15 #25

just bought this, looks solid. downloaded all maps to do with England and it took 2.27GB of my SD card.

tan159 to ifti

16 Dec 15 #28

You should have lived in Scotland then. Much smaller download!

icie

15 Dec 15 #26

For cycling get this and b-router (free!). It takes height into account for cycling routes.

Other stuff - You can
* set it to automatically record a gpx log when you start following your route.
* follow routes in gpx files (it'll give you turn by turn directions).
* share your location with other users on the map
* overlay POIs on the map - so you can, say, overlay all the cash machines.
* list POIs by nearest, and if the information's in OSM show if the thing (say a cafe) is open now.
* show ski maps

Searching is a bit crap.

VDisillusioned

15 Dec 15 #27

I bought this as I had used the free version before when walking and found it very useful. I just looked at our town and the map shows the roads on the new estate near us - and it hasn't even been built yet! That's pretty impressive updating.

matth9999

16 Dec 15 1 #29

Lane guidance? I might give this a go for 10p - currently on Here (and rescued the TTS voices from my previous phone).

Not sure if the "hifi" TTS voices are still missing from Here (couldn't find them to download on my new phone) as without them, you do not get road names!

NB. It appears that this is simply a "donation" version of the free one, no additional capabilities.

PS. I have an archive of both UK Hifi voices for Here.

octopus to matth9999

16 Dec 15 #31

Can you send me the Hifi voices please? As really miss the road names after upgrading the app. Please send PM.

5haks

16 Dec 15 #30

haha :smiley:

VDisillusioned

16 Dec 15 #32

The free version restricts you to ten map downloads. The OsmAnd+ version allows unlimited map downloads and updates.

fbloise

16 Dec 15 1 #33

I use (and recommend) Here but for £0.10 I mean c'mon! Plus I travel a lot to whole Latin America, Here is not updated in some countryside areas there.

roadgap to fbloise

16 Dec 15 #34

Yeah. I've used OpenStreetMap via OSMAnd extensively in Cono Sur (plus bits of Brazil) and it didn't let me down. Obviously I didn't rely on it alone when hiking way off the beaten track up in the mountains, but in towns, small villages etc, I was always impressed by the currency and detail of the mapping (and this is my professional field!). Evidence of the power of crowdsourcing :smiley:

matth9999

16 Dec 15 #36

So far, not keen on Osmand, cant seem to find a freeform search like Here does.
On the other hand, Osmand can be set far chattier, repeat instructions at intervals, report POI on route... I must go and edit at openstreemap, as one of the POI was in totally the wrong place - but that's a risk with crowdsourced mapping, and maybe one reason to prefer Here which has it's own map data.... All the openstreetmap based freebies are dependent on the quality of that database - I've also spotted missing one way and no turn restrictions.

TylerDurdenUK

17 Dec 15 #37

How do I get local walking routes / paths on this?

VDisillusioned to TylerDurdenUK

18 Dec 15 #38

The footpaths are just marked on the OSM maps. You perhaps need to read the map legend, it's in the help menu.

hungry_goliath

27 Dec 15 #39

back up to full price now

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