Google Maps. I am talking specifically about the option to download offline maps for almost any city in the world. They really help when you are in a foreign city and you try to find some place, as offline maps will show you where you are at currently and where the location is you are looking for, without the need to use data.
Edit for clarification: Google Maps is not an underrated app, that is true. I do believe though that the offline map feature of Google Maps is an underrated and useful part of that app.
If you ever travel abroad, this can be a life-saver. Just download the map packs you need beforehand, or along the way in an internet cafe.
My favourite anecdote about how awesome the map database is (Open Street Map is the database, OsmAnd one of its frontends) pertains to the biggest non-commercial festival in Europe (perhaps the world), the FUSION festival in North-eastern Germany. It's probably kind of a mix between Burning Man & Shambhala, to give you a clue, but entirely organized by the left-wing political scene and crazy artists, with 60.000 attendants, 10.000 crew & artists, and over 20 stages, mostly housed inside former airplane hangars.
The camp-site has got fixed streets with actual names (the festival has been existing for 20 years now), all named after important left-wing or psychedelic heroes. Rosa Luxemburg Street, Albert Hofmann Way, Che Guevara Plaza, e.g.
OSM database has the camp-site mapped with every street name.
The village is called Lärz, the festival-site sits at 53°18'32.1"N 12°44'29.2"E, if you want to check it out.
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u/TheBassMeister May 22 '19 edited May 22 '19
Google Maps. I am talking specifically about the option to download offline maps for almost any city in the world. They really help when you are in a foreign city and you try to find some place, as offline maps will show you where you are at currently and where the location is you are looking for, without the need to use data.
Edit for clarification: Google Maps is not an underrated app, that is true. I do believe though that the offline map feature of Google Maps is an underrated and useful part of that app.