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craftyguy	2011-01-12 , 02:09
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Originally Posted by Taleydra

GeePS uses google maps and works well. I like it for the traffic feature most of all.

Close, but it lacks the simplicity and quickness of the mobile google maps applications on iOS and Android have (GeePS is limited in that it is just a frontend to the web API, so things like turn by turn and rerouting are difficult)

Originally Posted by Wikiwide

Maps: Modrana.
It has routing (only online, but with help of routino it will get offline soon, too).

It pronounces routing aloud with espeak.

It can use wide range of tiles, map or satellite; it can overlay map and satellite with custom transparency; it can use OpenStreetMaps, and it allows easy correction of any errors in map data you can encounter.

It can create GPS logs and points-of-interest.

It's highly customisable and quickly evolving.

This one is also close. I've even contributed $$ to the developer since it was close to being a viable replacement.

However:

1) Have you actually heard espeak? It's so offensive that I want to rip off my ears every time I hear it. It mispronounces everything, and it just..for lack of a better word.. harsh.

2) The menu system in modrana is bad, very bad. It's confusing, takes many steps to accomplish simple tasks, and the search functionality is just overkill (at least for me, i just want local search, the others never worked well in my area anyways)

If the developers of both applications had put forth as much effort into the same project, the results might have been significantly better.

Last edited by craftyguy; 2011-01-12 at 02:16.

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