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Topographic map apps for mobile (piefed.social)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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I am looking for an open source replacement for Gaia. I have been using an Android alternative OS for awhile (Graphene) and this is a program I have struggled to find a replacement for. I have found one option on github, but it doesn't seem to be maintained but otherwise would fit some of my desires (opentopomap). Openstreetmap has a topo layer, but there doesn't seem to be a mobile app that has the focus on topo maps. I mostly find open source options for dedicated GPS devices.

I don't expect to have what I get from Gaia but having the ability to get this info on the fly is very useful for me.

I hope this is an acceptable topic!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    There is a topography plugin, you have to pay for it, but it's free in the fdroid version: https://osmand.net/docs/user/plugins/topography/

    There is also a topo map style, similar to OpenTopoMap, but no contourlines: https://osmand.net/docs/user/map/vector-maps/#topo

    Mapy is another osm based map app (except for Czechia, map data is different there), some of my hiking friends love it, it's not foss at all: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.seznam.mapy

    Osmand is not fully foss as well.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Whats not foss about it?

    There's no info on fdroid regarding it not being foss

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    • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    @someamateur@sh.itjust.works @ook@discuss.tchncs.de @infeeeee@lemmy.zip

    Thanks for the tips and discussion! Fdroid was incredibly slow to work with, but I have installed osmand with some additions and found that it can possibly replace Gaia. It has a photo layer option and many other things that ate helpful. I will need to spend more time with it, but I feel good about it!

    Thanks for pushing me in this direction.

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    For having a dedicated topo setup I would recommend OSMand. CoMaps/OrganicMaps does contour lines too but you can configure things way more in OSMand and it makes a huge difference. I have both apps so here are screenshots of the same place to compare

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