[OSM-talk] Recommendations for OSM mobile app?

[Gregory]

I've never found an app I can recommend, because I don't use my phone
enough.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android and
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IPhone have long lists.

On 24 November 2012 05:51, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>   I'm looking for a recommendations of mobile apps to recommend, for
> people visiting rail trails in Australia. What we* need is:
>
> Must have:
> 1) It has to be simple to use. There are lots of powerful apps like
> OSMand, Locus etc, but they're incredibly complex, with lots of features we
> don't need.
> 2) Should by default use bicycle rendering (OpenCycleMap or other), or be
> very easy to change to that.
> 3) We'll need a recommendation for both iPhone and Android.
>
> Nice to have:
> 4) Easy-to-use offline tile downloading/use would be a bonus. (Personally
> I find it pretty complex switching between offline vector rendering and
> online tiles in the apps I mentioned before).
> 5) Features like "food/drink near here" would be a bonus.
> 6) Ability to also choose Google Maps would be a bonus.
> 7) Ability to route along bike paths (ie, rail trails) would be nice.
>
> Once we've chosen an app, we're going to have to give instructions like
> "download the app, push this button to change to cycle mode, push this
> button to download tiles" etc, so the simpler the better.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
> * we = Rail Trails Australia
>
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Gregory
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