Guide to GPS navigation with /e/ os

Using /e/OS
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Yeah I tried OsmAnd~ from F droid this morning on my way to work and it worked well. I might try using it for a bit and see how I like it. Off the hop, it is similar vibe to Organic Maps.

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Anyone has experience with Here WeGo? This already used to be my navigation app on a Googled Android but can’t get it to work on /e/os Android Auto. :frowning:

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Yeah I am not sure about here wego. I have never used it. I am also not sure about android auto. I don’t own a car that even has it, so I just use the gps right on my phone.

Does it work on e os, just not with android auto? Or does it not work on e at all?

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I used to use Here we go quite a bit and I liked it mainly because it was good for navigating offline. I tried it on my current device (Teracube) and unfortunately I have to say it’s been glitchy and slow.

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Here we go app earns money by selling your privata data unlike magic earth.
If you use /e/OS-Murena then it makes sense to use magic earth (or osmand)

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I totally second OsmAnd~, but also wish to mention, in France, the free but not open-source ‘Cartes IGN’ that features many national maps including one with satellite pictures ‘a la google’

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I feel like Magic Earth used to have satelite and no longer does for some reason. I didn’t use it that much, but now that I look I can no longer find the option to turn satelite on.

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Not navigation related, but I also found an app on app lounge called Maps Measure. It uses googe maps data and lets you measure distances and areas. It has a 10/10 privacy rating on app lounge and Ive never had the advanced privacy detect any trackers.

Maps Measure
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.mapsmeasure

Edit: The description does say it is open source. It’s not on F-droid though.

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In case you are missing satellite pictures in OsmAnd~ …

  • Menu
    • Configure map
      • Overlay Map: …
        • On
        • Overlay map
          • Add more…
            • Microsoft Earth
        • set transparency and map symbols as you wish

If you prefer Google images, here’s something to try … https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/osmand-with-google-earth/94263

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Maps.me was open source but objected to being in F-Droid. I don’t know if it still is open.

Edit: it became OrganicMaps

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The maps.me that still exists on play store has a 0/10 privacy rating on app lounge :confused:

I don’t know how reliable those ratings really are, but I usually check them just to see what they say. By comparison waze is 7/10, which surprised me.

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Apparently it was sold about 4 years ago, which is why it was forked.

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Thank you. I have issues getting OSMAnd to work as well. Though I haven’t spend that much time on it to be honest. I use the OSM maps together with OpenTracks happily, but I don’t need navigation when running :relieved:

I thought Here Wego was pretty OK, based on oldish this report and its 8/10 privacy ranking in the App Lounge (though even Waze gets 7/10 and Google Maps Go even 10/10). I will make a separate post on getting Here Wego to work I think.

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I haven’t tried google maps go. It looks like a similar idea to GMaps WV. I was surprised it didn’t have any trackers.

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On OSMAnd, you have the feature to mesure the distance between two points FYI but not the area nor the elevation for more than 2 points

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Just FYI : Waze is a Google app bought some years ago (https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waze). So even without trackers, it’s not an option for me on degoogled world (my point of view)

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I can even say that sometimes satellite views in IGN (website or app) are more precise than G Maps

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Yeah I think I had heard that before. I’m with you, better to go non-google.

That said, waze does work well on /e/ os, even with trackers blocked. I wonder how tied to google it is other that being owned by them. It definitely has far fewer trackers than google maps and is not as integrated in google services.

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For Waze, if it’s owned by Google, you can’t do anything to block data sent directly to Google (to confirm by an expert) because even on /e/OS, you need communication to Google services even if they are reduced at the minimum required (push notification for exemple)

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Did anyone try to add Google maps satellite view over Osmand~ ? I tried but unfotunatelly, you can add more satellite view of pre-existing choice only, you don’t have the possibility to add tiles manually unlike OsmAnd (so add Google satellite view).
Does anyone know if it’s a limitation or bug?
I’m wondering if it’s possible too to add IGN satellite view which has a very good quality.