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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by bitexploder on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @07:56PM (#25577043)
Caltopo and forest service roads are the best for last mile backcountry driving in my experience. Google maps is indeed really sketchy in those situations.
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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by NDizzle on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @08:27PM (#25577279)
The app Gaia GPS has MVUM (motor vehicle use maps by the US forest service) that are outstanding. You can use multiple map layers at once. You can use the Caltopo plus the MVUM to see which areas are open and passable.
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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by s0rce on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @08:57PM (#25577466)
The MVUM are great but I've found that there are still many county and locally maintained but non-private roads, which aren't in the federal USFS/BLM MVUM and make it a bit annoying to figure out whats actually open.
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