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Hikers rescued after following non-existent trail on Google Maps (www.smh.com.au)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hikers rescued after following non-existent trail on Google Maps::It was unclear how the trail in British Columbia had appeared on Google Maps in the first place.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (8 children)

I use Osmand for trails in the woods, it is decently accurate in my country and also has a ton of other features

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yea it's clunky as hell and unusable for driving, but as a browsable walking map it's the best

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Organic maps

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is not much better unfortunately, searching is garbage too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I've had some good luck but it definitely needs some work still

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