Option to use OpenStreetMap in the app

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Platform(s), such as mobile, website, API, other: mobile (Android)

URLs (aka web addresses) of any pages, if relevant: N/A

Description of need: In the iNaturalist app (at least its Android version) it is not possible to use OpenStreetMap as a background map; only Google Maps are available. In the desktop (website) version, OSM are available.

As OSM are quite often much more detailed, more correct and community-driven, it would be great to have to possibility to use OSM maps in the app as well.

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I just tried because I thought it might be available in iNat next but you can only switch between Google’s Aerial and Basemap.

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I’m not opposed but this won’t be happening for the current legacy mobile apps. Perhaps at some point after iNaturalist Next’s hard launch we can start considering it.

EDIT: also, keep in mind that it’s free for us to use Google Maps for Android devices and Apple Maps for Apple devices. OSM does have a limit for map tile usage and can cut us off at any time.

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