• 15 Years of OsmAnd

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Wed Jul 2 06:40:08 2025
    The OsmAnd map and navigation app project recently celebrated its 15th anniversary.

    All these 15 years can be roughly divided into three stages. For
    the first five years, we built the very basic functionality-offline
    maps and navigation that just worked. Over the next five years, we
    transformed OsmAnd into a full-fledged application with plugins,
    extensive settings, and professional tools. We dedicated the third
    five-year period to deep internal work: completely rewriting and
    improving key components like the rendering engine and routing
    algorithms.

    Now, a new, fourth stage begins. We have reached functional
    maturity, and our main goal for the near future is to polish what
    we've already built. We will focus on stability, speed, and
    consolidation. User expectations are growing, and what was once
    considered normal must now be flawless.

    (Thanks to Paul Wise).

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1027973/
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