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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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[–] baatliwala@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] _s10e@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm also a happy osmand+ user, but once i got lost in the middle of a field / bush. I'm sure there was a trail once, but not safe to follow. Said bush was not very dense, so we though multiple times: Ok, this could be the way. Or that path?

[–] DrM@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago

Was the same for me this vacation. Gladly we were on a smaller mountain which was completely surrounded by villages, so we knew that just going down the mountain would lead to a bus that could bring us to the hotel, so we didnt care that much.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I use my eyes and generic sense of direction.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

+rep for osmand