@osmand why are you so slow? this is a brand new samsung galaxy s24+

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Make sure that you’re using the "Version 2 (OpenGL) map rendering engine in the OSMAnd settings.

Using offline maps can also help, but I’ve never found it to be smooth like Google Maps (from years ago that I was using it).

I’m using an older Samsung Note, and don’t have issues with the speed. It has improved quite a bit from maybe 2 years ago.

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I just realized that the Version 1 renderer feels much snappier for me.

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Just tried it, and it’s unbearable on my device. It may also depend on what map layer(s) you’re using, and the device capabilities.

V1 was the previous render engine, when pretty much everyone complained that it was too sluggish. LOL

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Looks like V2. That one shows the grid for not-yet-rendered areas

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I wonder if it’s a cache/internet issue. Yes, zooming to extreme levels causes some delay. But scrolling through a map zoomed at a reasonable level should catch up very quickly on both offline and online map layers. At least, it does for me, and my phone is like 4+ years old.

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@Showroom7561 @pietervdvn @openstreetmap

This is an offline render, internet speed shouldn’t have any effect.

The lack of caching of previously rendered areas is annoying.

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I’ll come accross as rude but regardless just use organicmaps.org

OSMAnd is just a white elephant at this point.

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For real, I came to this conclusion like a year ago, OM is the best maps for android rn

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@TheFrirish @mamus what does white elephant mean

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@cbed @TheFrirish@jlai.lu @mamus @openstreetmap
Something very expensive to maintain, but not very useful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant

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@InsertUser @mamus @openstreetmap ah yeah makes sense

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Actually I translated badly from French. I mean it’s a very cluttered app that tries to do too many things. On long routes the battery consumption is really high, in order of 1% per minute if you put in a route that’s more than 1000km long.

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Have you tried the offline maps?

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@Schlemmy that is the offline map. Online maps are smooth

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You’re right! Damn.

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It doesn’t seem that slow to me.

Maybe you could try Organic maps

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It’s almost the same speed on my device which has much lower hardware specs. You can open an issue on github, or look if it is already mentioned in one of the other 3,000 (!) open issues.

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@gigachad Afaik opening an issue about speed on the github doesn’t yield the desired results

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And posting it here will…?

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@mamus @gigachad @openstreetmap

This problem has been getting worse for years, they seem more interested in new premium subscription bloat than having an app that works at a usable speed.

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