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Pretty cool.

For uses like that I use Mapy.cz app which uses OSM and contrary to the name works all over the world. It’s very good for trail hiking although I haven’t used it in US, it’s probably as good as OSM data.



Or there is Locus Map (for Android only), another great app from Czechia. I wonder what is going on in that country :)

One ability of it that I find awesome is that there is a huge variety of online map sources, for example, in my home country there is an independent mapping project for hiking trails, and the maps are usually more detailed and better quality than OSM. I can easily switch to those maps when needed, and of course download them for offline use - but not the full dataset, instead you can draw a polygon of map boundaries that you want to have offline.


This looks good. Does it work as a web app? There are apparently many more alternatives to AllTrails and HikingProject that I wasn't aware of.


I used it both as a mobile app and a web app and it works great in both versions.

Notable about Mapy.cz:

- Offline support is really nice, you download specific regions you're interested in.

- There is a really cool option to create a "Trip in the area". You pick a starting point and it does a loop of a set length and comes back to the same point. See https://napoveda.seznam.cz/en/maps/route-planner/circuit-rou...

- It's backed by, what seems to be, a Czech IT giant - Seznam.


For offline use I recommend the native app. I don't think the webapp works offline. Certainly you can't download regions.




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