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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by plactagonic@sopuli.xyz to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca
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Crosspost. I got good recommendations on another community and I am interested in your picks.

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Which are you using?

For most things (day trips, few km after work...) I use multiple of them.

Mapy.cz

  • online and offline mobile app
  • trip planner works pretty well
  • you can check out places (photos, reviews...) when online
  • well maped whole Europe
  • not enough information about roads (asphalt, paved, gravel...)
  • basically interactive version of KČT maps

Cykloserver.cz

  • can't find app
  • basic planner, but better for drawing your route
  • much more helpful info about roads
  • it is just automatically scaled paper map, so you have to know how to read it

Osm clients - I tried multiple of them.

Paper maps - from the same company that makes the Cycloserver maps. You can get set of them for about 100€ (CZ not sure about SK). There is just something special about planning trip on paper maps.

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[–] maxmalrichtig@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I mostly use OsmAnd for everything.

Also https://www.opencyclemap.org/ is nice if you want to find bicycle paths.

Another nice tool is https://www.komoot.com as it has a lot of features for planning (longer) trips by foot or bike.

I also like BRouter - e.g. https://brouter.m11n.de . There other versions of this with different settings and languages.

I think all of them are based on OSM data, but they augment them in various ways.

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Organic maps

https://organicmaps.app/

It's not overly complicated, doesn't eat up data, has offline mode and works well for both driving and cycling. Oh and it's FOSS, community driven, no data collecting.

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Organic maps as a map works quite well. Its routing leaves much to be desired for cycling though.

https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/1518 would help with that.

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I am not a power user of OM, but did not have any issues with routing so far. ...but again I did not test it for many scenarios while cycling as I mainly stick to my usual routes.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

Organic maps and osmand~ android apps are both great

For route planning I love bikerouter https://bikerouter.de/

[–] Nemo@midwest.social -1 points 8 months ago

I live in Chicago. You don't need maps here.