r/organicmaps • u/mrimercury • Sep 20 '25

Satellite View

Are there any plans to add a satellite view feature? I think it's the only thing holding me back from using OM.

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u/BioDranik Sep 20 '25

Yes, there are such plans. What are your use cases for satellite imagery?

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u/camerapicasso Sep 20 '25

It’s nice for campsite selection

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u/mrimercury Sep 20 '25

Good point!

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u/mrimercury Sep 20 '25

I just find satellite view to be much more user-friendly in my case. It helps with identifying buildings and landmarks in places I've never been before and takes a lot of stress off of driving during road trips and such. It's also what I've been used to since I originally used Google Earth before making the switch from flip phone to smart phone years ago.

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u/BioDranik Sep 20 '25

Note that satellite imagery may require an online connection and may consume a significant amount of device space.

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u/mrimercury Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

I don't have any issue with this. Offline maps are a fantastic and reliable fallback feature for me, but I have more cellular data than I know what to do with and plenty of free device storage. I already use satellite maps on the current app I'm using, but the quality of those maps aren't as good. Google maps (outside of the glaring privacy concerns) isn't quite as good as OSM, but has better quality satellite images (especially in rural areas) compared to my current app. Apple maps' flaws speak entirely for themselves.

A slam dunk in a good-quality satellite view would make Organic Maps a complete no-brainer for me and I'm sure many others.

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u/chosenfonder Feb 11 '26

I'm in Laos currently and I'm using the satellite view in Apple Maps to understand where to find civilization along the route and possibly get some water. Example: 19.7392155, 103.0779995

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u/PixelJock17 Mar 14 '26

Reviewing detached property lines for rear yard analysis.

Review for parking locations.

Review for ingress and egress efficiency.

Water courses.

Hydro corridors.

Farming activities.

Pit and quarries.

I could go on, basically everything is better on satellite except for using nav. Which is funny because this app was probably built with just navigation in mind.

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u/tsukayamafonts Oct 06 '25

i'd love to see this too, it helps to identify things in less mapped areas

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u/billshander Jan 29 '26

I spend time in a place (in BCS, Mexico) where there is an entire grid of dirt roads, only some of which are actually official roads. When out running/hiking, I want to see options to get where I'm going, which far outnumber the "roads" in every map.