I would love a program where I can browse the world and see countries, cities, oceans, all fully labeled (preferably in English which I speak, but a dual English+local native script would also be good). It would be all the nicer if there were stats and facts and some representative photos and stuff to learn a little about different places, without needing to dive into a full Wikipedia article.
Basically, what I’m hoping for is like a modern MS Encarta Atlas, but offline and good.
As for web options, Google Maps, unfortunately, works really well. But I despise Google. OpenStreetMaps doesn’t have all that extra data, it is just a map. What are the options available, if any?
I can’t really remember what Encarta was like exactly and don’t really understand what you mean by “extra data” in Google Maps compared to OSM, can you clarify what you’re looking for, exactly? I feel like you want something like Osmand with Wikipedia Plugin enabled which shows Wikipedia articles with coordinates on the map? That is pretty cool, I use it all the time while travelling.