Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: RCS is not more private and secure than texting according to the FBI Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:04:48 +0100 Lines: 27 Message-ID: <0tk34lx5fl.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <0maa3lxnpe.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net sVQwh3f0BVUif6HOewsvDw1wWw9rudkGWCgM+Ek5crWlJwfWuH X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:l5Hgyd+1bkOYNVf5051xpESbOo8= sha256:PUoTvgAqyxsJC4eZjLw75ab2cliTj+ebrYGy+5I1vOA= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3054 On 2024-12-27 19:49, Andrew wrote: > badgolferman wrote on Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:55:50 -0000 (UTC) : > >> Thanks, I didn't know that!  But since I don't like the interface of >> Apple Maps and don't use it, it's no surprise I haven't seen that. > > There are so many ways to do what badgolferman asked, all of which I've > done myself, so I could write a book on how to do offline routing. > > Most people who recommend OSMAnd don't actually know anything about it. > > While OSMAnd+/OSMAnd~/OSMAnd (which I'll refer to just as "OSMAnd" here) > can do offline routing, the public topo maps for Open Street Maps are > horrendously inaccurate - compared to that of the free USGS topo maps. > > If you're in the middle of the mountains in the US, and biking or hiking, > then you can't beat the accuracy of the USGS geoPDFs which can be routed on > inside of the free Avenza or Paper Maps apps on both Android and iOS. That's pointless to me. I live in Europe, no USGS maps here as far as I know, and open street maps are very accurate here. So do not use a general statement such as "Open Street Maps are horrendously inaccurate". -- Cheers, Carlos.