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   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2024-12-28 02:44, Andrew wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R. wrote on Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:04:48 +0100 :   
   >   
   >>> If you're in the middle of the mountains in the US, and biking   
   >>> or hiking, then you can't beat the accuracy of the USGS geoPDFs   
   >>> which can be routed on inside of the free Avenza or Paper Maps   
   >>> apps on both Android and iOS.   
   >>   
   >> That's pointless to me. I live in Europe, no USGS maps here as far   
   >> as I know, and open street maps are very accurate here.   
   >>   
   >> So do not use a general statement such as "Open Street Maps are   
   >> horrendously inaccurate".   
   >   
   > Hi Carlos, I understand your point of view as OSMAnd is maybe the   
   > best you can get.   
      
   I did not say that it is the best I can get. I do not know which is the   
   best possible one, not a thing I care about. Possibly it depends on what   
   exact information you need.   
      
   For example, TomTom uses a combination of their own maps and other   
   sources. There were news about they joining with open street maps, too.   
      
   For example, there are government maps. One of them caters to measuring   
   properties accurately. When you sell a property, the official script is   
   compared to that map, and that map information supersedes the script. So   
   it maps accurately properties within a meter.   
      
   https://www1.sedecatastro.gob.es/cartografia/mapa.aspx   
      
   And it is not the only map in existence. For example, here:   
      
   Some of them you have to pay for access.   
      
   And the military also have or had their own maps.   
      
      
   Around here, Open Street Maps are pretty good, and they are gratis. You   
   can not say a blanket statement that they are horrendous.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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