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Not open source though. It uses mix of sources - OSM included - to render map (best render imo - especially the \"outdoor\" layer) and they are pretty large contributor to OSM in Europe. In free tier you can have one country downloaded for offline use. Sharing .gpx is no problem. Traffic data only in Central Europe. [0]: https://mapy.com", "context": "", "use_case": "offline hiking maps", "switched_from": "", "story": "CoMaps \u2013 FOSS Offline Maps"}, {"id": 780764624, "item_id": 48797789, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48797789", "by": "rplnt", "date": "2026-07-05", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "My favorite renderer of OSM", "excerpt": "My favorite renderer of OSM (and possibly other data) https://mapy.com/en/turisticka?x=-3.1744145&y=55.9517954&z=15 there's an app too, some features are paid, and there are some long-standing bugs, but is otherwise quite fine. I use it when I want a map, not just uniform gray void with roads that is google maps.", "context": "", "use_case": "map rendering", "switched_from": "", "story": "Organic Maps"}, {"id": 775375456, "item_id": 48460966, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48460966", "by": "mnicky", "date": "2026-06-09", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend mapy.com (mobile app and web app too when on computer)", "excerpt": "I recommend mapy.com (mobile app and web app too when on computer) - they mostly use OSM data and rendering of map tiles is great. Also offline maps etc.", "context": "", "use_case": "hiking and offline maps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Siri AI"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["maps with local place names", "offline hiking maps", "map rendering", "hiking and offline maps"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287448", "title": "How Google determines the names for bodies of water in Google Earth (2008)", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808928", "title": "CoMaps \u2013 FOSS Offline Maps", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794446", "title": "Organic Maps", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48449084", "title": "Siri AI", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 1}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 804623664, "item_id": 50288979, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50288979", "by": "atheiste", "date": "2026-10-29", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "maps services that actually do keep the common local names", "excerpt": "Luckily, there are maps services that actually do keep the common local names: https://mapy.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "Maps with local place names", "switched_from": "", "story": "How Google determines the names for bodies of water in Google Earth (2008)"}, {"id": 781021568, "item_id": 48813848, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48813848", "by": "pilina", "date": "2026-07-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Mapy.com does that really well", "excerpt": "Mapy.com does that really well [0] (not affiliated). Not open source though. It uses mix of sources - OSM included - to render map (best render imo - especially the \"outdoor\" layer) and they are pretty large contributor to OSM in Europe. In free tier you can have one country downloaded for offline use. Sharing .gpx is no problem. Traffic data only in Central Europe. [0]: https://mapy.com", "context": "", "use_case": "offline hiking maps", "switched_from": "", "story": "CoMaps \u2013 FOSS Offline Maps"}, {"id": 780764624, "item_id": 48797789, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48797789", "by": "rplnt", "date": "2026-07-05", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "My favorite renderer of OSM", "excerpt": "My favorite renderer of OSM (and possibly other data) https://mapy.com/en/turisticka?x=-3.1744145&y=55.9517954&z=15 there's an app too, some features are paid, and there are some long-standing bugs, but is otherwise quite fine. I use it when I want a map, not just uniform gray void with roads that is google maps.", "context": "", "use_case": "map rendering", "switched_from": "", "story": "Organic Maps"}, {"id": 775375456, "item_id": 48460966, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48460966", "by": "mnicky", "date": "2026-06-09", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend mapy.com (mobile app and web app too when on computer)", "excerpt": "I recommend mapy.com (mobile app and web app too when on computer) - they mostly use OSM data and rendering of map tiles is great. Also offline maps etc.", "context": "", "use_case": "hiking and offline maps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Siri AI"}]}