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I tried. I really tried. I just cannot get comaps to cooperate. It cannot find destinations reliably, even when I enter literal addresses. Bookmarked locations are unmanageable and depend on the appp finding the destination in the first place. You can get stuck in some menus with no way to back out, requiring you to force close and start over.
UX is a disaster. I feels like they had GIMP devs work on this interface too.
Since it relies on Openstreetmaps if an address isn't added it can't find it. You'll likely always be able to find the street, but you may need to add the specific number yourself. Then once it's entered it's available for everyone.
I use it frequently and the search is flawed. I literally introduced the name of a bank letter by letter and it would not show any of the 10 bank agencies of that bank that were nearby. Instead of the bank it showed me a water deposit kilometers away. If I partially deleted words, it would show me all the bank instances in the whole country ranked by distance (the correct output).
I do not agree about the UX, it is good.
The street addresses are displayed as City, Street Name, Street Number, State, Country.
Explain how that isn't a crime against humanity.
That might actually explain why it doesn't work that great for me... Good to know
Yeah, it is a general problem with OpenStreetMaps-based things I think. You can use something like this to help copy a location into Comaps (or any other OSM app):
https://f-droid.org/packages/page.ooooo.geoshare/
Works relatively well but is not really convenient.
A gamified version where you solve tasks. I use it all the time. Android only afaik.
http://streetcomplete.app/
For iOS you can use “Go Map!!” . It’s basically the same as street complete
Looks similar, but I think SC is more like a game? This looks more like an editor. SC gives you a question about your current location, like when you walk past a shop it asks you for the opening hours, or what sort of pavement are you currently walking on.
But whatever works for improving OSM I'm happy with.
Yes, that’s basically exactly what Go Map does, though it is a bit less gamified
You should try Organic Maps which is original app forked by CoMaps. Organic Maps has better UI, shows public transport routes, shows alternative routes and a lot more. Give it a chance.
Last I checked Organic Maps has the exact same UI... And the devs are great, hence the CoMaps team forking it.
Used that too. It had the exact same UI with the same problems.
Interesting, I have not had perfect results with it (certainly a lot of places are not on OSM yet or up to date), but I've generally had a good time with this app. Bookmarked locations work perfectly for me, better than google maps, and the lists/folders are really nice for organizing bookmarks. I have never gotten stuck in the menus at all (android here). However I very much agree that the UX could use a serious design overhaul (but its way nicer/quicker and more intuitive to use than OsmAnd!).