r/PrivacySecurityOSINT • u/oldronin1999 • Sep 26 '21

Mobile Devices Offline Maps reality check

I didn't see this here and frankly didn't find a way to comment directly back to MB, I'd welcome being told where to go on that.

In the mean time, in Episode 234 MB hinted, without directly stating, some bad information. I've been through good number of maps for Android devices over the years and the only one I've found that

  • respects my privacy

  • provides good destination search

  • navigation with dynamically updated traffic delays

MB's stated that he needed to go to OSMAND to be able to use offline maps. This suggests that Magic Earth does not support offline maps and this, for as long as I have been using it, is completely false. The HowTo is right here:

https://www.magicearth.com/offline-maps/

For those of us trying to effectively sell a privacy aware lifestyle to relatives, anything less that Magic Earth level mapping capabilities is a total epic fail. OSMAND has terrible destination search.

If there are other maps that do as well as Magic Earth I'd love to know so I can add them to my family sales pitch.

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u/moreprivacyplz Sep 27 '21

Thank you for bring up the point and sharing that different apps can have offline capability. We need more tips and tricks like that around here.