Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan 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 14:13:37 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <0maa3lxnpe.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <0tk34lx5fl.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:13:38 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1a3b98e49f41858c76cbd3e0528809d5"; logging-data="4045441"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19JKBg7vA9cNig9mAtB6Vk0JiujaECD9b0=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:kkGx5sF6YN4VHkj6pu1LS+hEoIo= In-Reply-To: <0tk34lx5fl.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Content-Language: en-CA Bytes: 3343 On 2024-12-27 14:04, Carlos E.R. wrote: > 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". Hey, hey, hey! I claims to have a degree in microbiology, and everyone knows that makes you an expert on mapping software. ;-)