Re: Magic Earth app

On 8/11/24 1:01 PM, Andrew wrote:

Arno Welzel wrote on Sun, 11 Aug 2024 18:26:19 +0200 :
 

I have OsmAnd (on an iPhone) for walking. For driving I use Google
 Maps.

 With Google Maps I already had some serious issues for car navigation
when you do not only take major roads and highways. OsmAnd was much
better for that.

 I do a lot of routing on foot, on backcountry & on the car where....
 1. IMHO, Google Maps is the best, bar none, unfortunately, for roads.

BUT... I wanted to put a certain route on my phone because I only cared about the twists and turns at the far end.  I was absolutely unable to change the route from what IT wanted.  I finally just wrote the turns on a piece of paper.  Old school, right?  How can it NOT allow you to choose your own route?
Supposedly you can do it with the web version, but it's like pushing string and only a little more effective.

2. OSMAnd~ is surprisingly good for walking about such as between buildings
    at apartment complexes, or along park trails, or outside shopping malls.
3. But OSM maps suck like you can't believe for backcountry topography.

And last time I used it several years ago it was more battery-hungry than was tolerable.

For backcountry topography in the USA, nothing beats the USGS topo PDFs.
These PDFs load perfectly into backcountry apps on Android for hiking.
  <com.Avenza>
  <ca.abbro.androidmap>
  <com.mirfatif.mylocation>
  <net.psyberia.offlinemaps>
    In the USA, this free program has all the georeferenced park maps in it.
  <com.trailheadlabs.outerspatial>

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Cheers,Bev
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