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OsmAnd on android for an opensource solution - downloads openstreetmaps and renders them locally, but can also use web maps if needed

Here maps from nokia for a commercial solution

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Any of those with as complete list of local businesses as Google ? If I want to find an ice cream parlor, or an engine oil dealer, or a sports equipment shop in my vicinity , would all three have similar results ?

Probably depends on the area. Where I live, OSM doesn't really have anything beyond just streets. But I've heard other areas have much better coverage.

Yes, complete opposite for me, loads of single track roads and whole 4sq miles of woods/Forrest missing, including numerous public paths .

I use OSMAnd for navigation a and location-related stuff.

Sadly, the only complete business listing I've found is Google Maps... So I use it just for that, with all permissions revoked.

Lately, I've started to add my favorite places in OSM, directly through OSMAnd. So my personal experience has gotten better

Google maps is useless for local results form me, I live in a village on the edge of a small town with a few dozen local businesses and 4 chain businesses and all my search results are polluted by 2 cities 30 minutes and 45 minutes away by car, which is really annoying as these results are useless to me as my disability prevents me traveling that far or amount of time.

If you search for something and then move the map over an area, you’ll get a button to “search this area” which will only show results in that spot.

That’s how it should work, anyway.

I used osmand in Poland and Ireland and it's great. Better for walking and biking than Google maps. And it's fully offline.

I use OsmAnd for cycling navigation. It is very good at that. At least in the places I was.

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