......... whose main virtue is that is also designed for hikers in that it shows all sort of tracks clearly
Anything that gets us out and spreading our wings is a good thing in my book. However, we should be careful in what we use, and how. I'm aware of conflict in other places where bikes are now going along tracks and trails that were previously only used by pedestrians.
I'm a big fan of Osmand, but any online router/planner (as opposed to map) can offer up some "interesting" options.
This is suitable for cars, bikes and horses!
I haven't had any issues with OsmAmd (which is just an abbreviation for Open Street Map Android). They show all the possible tracks and it hasn't failed me once. Major benefit for it is that supports the offline maps.
Yes, the offline option is fabulous and the kind of thing that we don't really think we need - until we need it!
To go one step further, it will plan a route offline
and allow that route to be exported to a gps unit, for example. Not many routing apps will do that offline.
As I've alluded to before; OS paper maps. Never lost signal and never had a battery / power pack fail in fifty years - !
Of course not. But wind and rain can hamper their utility
There is no comparison to looking at a "real" map for the big picture and opening a map is a great way to attract conversation, but digital maps are very useful too.
