I just tried osmand. It took forever to locate me and then the map would freeze for minutes, then the blue arrow would finally jump to my location. It seems useless for real time navigation, is that normal? Google maps works fine on the phone (Android) so it’s not the hardware. Is there maybe some setting I haven’t found?

Edit: nevermind, my phone is just on the fritz. Location doesn’t work at all anymore :/

  • BCsven@lemmy.ca
    3·
    8 months ago

    It has worked fine for me on various phones. My only complaint is the address search is a bit goofy

  • Zworf@beehaw.org
    3·
    8 months ago

    It’s not great. They finally added OpenGL acceleration but now the PoI icons are twice as big as normal so they are cluttering the map a lot.

    And without that the app is pretty slow. I do love the way it is so configurable though. I have no issues with location.

  • vintageballs@feddit.de
    2·
    8 months ago

    Not a solution, just a suggestion: in my experience, Organic Maps is the far superior Open Street Maps navigation application on Android.

  • Bertrand "call me Butt" Kiss@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    2·
    8 months ago

    I use Organic Maps these days but just fired Osmand up to test and it was near instantaneous and located me when it opened. Samsung S22u

    I havent done anything to setting etc that I am aware, it has been on my phones for a long time (and came across from my previous Samsung Note 9) so I may have done something back in the day.

  • JohnDumpling@beehaw.org
    1·
    8 months ago

    That’s definitely not normal. The rendering can be a bit slow, but everything else shold be usable. Unless you have a low-range phone. If that is the case, I can recommend Organic Maps, which are much less resource-intensive.

  • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    Its not great in the United States because our roads frequently wind you up in rural zones that no local maintainers are obsessively maintaining

  • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de
    1·
    8 months ago

    OsmAnd is one of the oldest open source Android apps. It has a ton of features, but also the codebase is very stale.

    If you don’t need such big featureset you may try Organic Maps.

  • jlow (he/him)@beehaw.org
    1·
    8 months ago

    Been using Osmand as my only source for navigation for years and years, it’s not perfect but far better for me than what you’re experiencing …

  • RedNight@lemmy.ml
    0·
    8 months ago

    I’ve used osmand+ for 6 years nearly every time I drive. Its definitely usable and only craps out once in a while. The biggest pain is just lack if address resolution, but that is expected with osm generally. As long as there aren’t walls between you and the satellites, at most I’ve waited a minute or two for position lock. Google Maps will use GPS and nearby WiFi to locate you, so its faster. Been playing around with Organic Maps lately and it has been nice, but I miss the advanced features and visual info elements osmand+ offers.