I remember reading that there was a lot of controversy around the dev team of Organic Maps misusing their donation funds and being very sketchy in general.
I was planning to switch to CoMaps because of that, but life got in the way and suddenly it’s the end of October and I’m still using OM as if nothing happened.
So I just wanted to ask if there were any significant updates on that whole controversy? Is switching to CoMaps warranted, or was this entire thing blown out of proportion?
Some of Organic Maps OSM data conversion process went closed source too.
IMO CoMaps still has to prove they can maintain the codebase, but since there is basically 0 switching cost I switched.
When CoMaps split it gained some energy and started developing more rapidly.
Now OM is also picking up pace judging by the number of commits, but I wouldn’t know which one will be more healthy in the long term. Staying with CoMaps for now unless something major changes (or a miracle happens and OsmAnd builds fast rendering)Oh god, please give Osmand faster rendering and search.
And stop spasm when in stationary.
I only used Organic Maps for a few months before switching. Comaps has been adding a lot of stuff at a pretty rapid pace. Overall I find it to be a better experience. I can’t tell you anything about what went down with Organic Maps.
Make the switch. Support open source.
in the exact same situation, thanks for asking the question.
Based on the replies i plan to stay with OM in the absence of compelling reasons to migrate
CoMaps has very obvious new features and from using the app it is clearly ahead of organic maps
I find the lack of a CoMaps desktop app unfortunate, I am still using organic maps flatpak
