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Google Maps said a hike would take 5 hours. B.C. rescuers pointed out how wrong that was (www.ctvnews.ca)
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[–] Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

May I recommens CoMaps. Offline pro privacy and has trails.

[–] lietuva@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

OsmAnd. It can show public hike and bike paths, but UI takes time to get used to.

[–] Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

CoMaps is based off OsmAnd.

I tried it but it has a very steep learning curve

[–] sanitation@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

has trails? like alltrails?

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

All trails is on my avoid list. Pushy, sales driven app. Buggy too. I seem to remember them beginning to try and get social as well. No thanks.

That's what equity firm ownership gets you.

I'll stick with comaps.

[–] Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.org 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm having second thoughts on Alltrails as well, I started getting very suspicious of them when they started getting rid of their general features but want their users to pay more money, for the same experience. I also noticed that too, with the bugginess. Now the miles most of time for me not being recorded properly. With setting up CoMaps, I really hope I can use it as an alternative.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trail sense is a good app to have with too. F-Droid or playstore, no internet used at all.

https://kylecorry.com/Trail-Sense/

[–] Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.org 1 points 2 days ago

Hmm.. I'm gonna try that one out and see if I like it.

[–] ratzki@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago

You can import GPX tracks from favored route providers.

[–] Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not that quite detailed, just s basic OSM ones. I assume you could find a custom map and download that and run it off CoMaps.

It kind of depends on which park you are at. I was at a local zoo and it had every exhibit and animal marked.

[–] felsiq@piefed.zip 4 points 3 days ago

Campsites and portages are marked too, comaps is great