I keep trying to change my map usage over to #openstreetmap and there seems to be a new app (@organicmaps) getting traction. I like the app itself so far, but I am still 0/2 with using OSM successfully. 🙁
There is literally a car tunnel 200ft below my building with entrances half a mile north and south, but it consistently wants me to take it. Is there an option to turn off digging? 😂
For bike routing, it wants me to take a dangerous road when there is a parallel road a block away with a protected bike line. Even Apple Maps gets that one right. I know you can edit places, but not sure how to contribute to navigation. 🤷🏻♂️
@gowin For the tunnel (car) issue, I can turn off tolls (its a tolled tunnel). For the bike routing issue I can add stops along the way to force the roads I want to take. The only problem so far with that and @organicmaps is that it would be nice to be able to save those routes since they are more time consuming to create than just point to point. I imaging biking routing is hard because the most direct route road-wise isn't necessary the one that you want to use a bike for.
@gowin In this case there are two parallel roads. Once is a very busy two lane, two way, uneven road with a sidewalk that will either be non-existent or too crowded with pedestrians for the 8 blocks I have to bike. While the other road has a two-way completely protected bike like (that does show up on the map). Its one extra block over distance wise, but it is certainly the best route to take on a bike.
@gowin Maybe there needs to be a weighting of bike lanes from least (non-existent) to most safe (fully protected) and the user can choose how risk adverse they want to be.
@gowin Interesting. I installed OsmAnd. It’s a little laggy and it also has the same issue with the car/tunnel navigation, but the bike route was exactly what I would have expected.
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