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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: RCS is not more private and secure than texting according to the
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Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:04:48 +0100
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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.