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Old March 20th 18, 11:22 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Jeff Liebermann
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Default Better map service for cycling than Google Maps?

On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:57:02 -0700, Joerg
wrote:

The only Google service I used until recently was Googe maps. However,
now they have made the font so small that it has become almost
unreadable and to me, therefore, useless on any of my computers. From
what I read in online searches that cannot be corrected by the user
because it is supposedly rendered as graphics.


True. Google maps are sent as "tiles" which have all the text
imbedded in the image.

Open Street Map is lacking a lot of information. For example, the whole
long El Dorado Trail singletrack is missing. Yeah, one can edit that as
a user but I don't want to re-invent the wheel.


I haven't checked but is Open Cycle Map any different or better?
https://www.opencyclemap.org

Mapquest isn't great either anymore. It auto-fills nonsensical stuff
into the search field and so on.

Those among you not using GPS, what do thee consult for cycling maps
outside these three main ones?


How about these?
http://www.eldoradobikemap.com/applications/10/embed#10/38.7471/-120.5873

https://www.traillink.com/trail/el-dorado-trail/

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