Google Maps updates 'dangerous' Ben Nevis route

Re:Google Maps updates 'dangerous' Ben Nevis route by GekkePrutser on Saturday July 17, 2021 @03:43PM (#27868227)

I always use OSM while hiking. At least in Spain its coverage is much better than Google's. OSM shows the smallest trails where on Google Maps I'd be walking in a totally green screen. There's also a local alternative called WikiLoc but they're paid and they don't allow payments outside the play store sadly.

Of course nothing beats a paper map for reliability but I tend to refer to OSM unless it's not available somehow.

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Re:Google Maps updates 'dangerous' Ben Nevis route by NGRhodes on Saturday July 17, 2021 @05:59PM (#27869164)

OSM also shows far more land and terrain detail, in particular field and tree boundaries which makes it far more useful for wayfinding and deciding which options is more favourable, often a longer route is an easier walk, but you are left totally guessing with Google Maps.

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Re:Google Maps updates 'dangerous' Ben Nevis route by yoursunny on Saturday July 17, 2021 @05:59PM (#27869166)

I wish OSM can show the trails instead of a green blob in some of our state parks. Maryland USA.

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Re:Google Maps updates 'dangerous' Ben Nevis route by tialaramex on Saturday July 17, 2021 @06:26PM (#27869319)

Anybody can contribute, just go read their site which explains what you're agreeing to, sign up and start contributing. If you want to actually create a whole walking trail through a state park that might need tools (on which OSM's site can advise good choices for your platform) but where people's only problem is "The name of my street was spelled wrong" you can fix that from the web.

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Re:Google Maps updates 'dangerous' Ben Nevis route by matkoniecz on Saturday July 17, 2021 @06:31PM (#27869329)

What you were using for viewing OSM data?

Have you tried Osmand/mapy.cz?

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