Paul Johnson, Greg Troxel> I know there are many places with no signal. But you probably don't take into account all that a wrote and other facts.
1) Traffic information is most useful in cities and on highways when the signal coverage is very good already now. 2) I didn't write it is useless now but that it will be in future. I do believe there will internet coverage on 99% of earth surface with a few years from balloons or satellites. 3) Current online navigation can work even without data access. If I use Waze and loose phone signal, it will continue to navigate for many more kilometers using the already downloaded data. 4) If you are afraid about the privacy and that somebody can track you, then you have no other option then to completely turn off your phone (or switch to airplane mode). The mobile operator knows where you are pretty well based on the BTS you are connected to. And I never said that Osmand should drop the offline maps. I use them very often in mountains where is no data coverage or in foreign countries where mobile internet is very expensive. I like that it is offline. The online traffic information should be an option. You should be able to switch to "stealth mode", if you choose to. What I meant to say is that I won't use any navigation without online traffic data, if I can. And since more and more people have prepaid data plans, it will become more important to offer traffic information. As an example look at the HERE WeGo navigation. They have inaccurate information, outdated maps and terrible navigation engine without any options. But the combination of offline maps and online traffic information is nice. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Osmand" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
