On 2018-03-20 16:22, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
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.


That means they really botched it.


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


Same, the whole El Dorado Trail singletrack is missing. It is an
official trail, with signs and all. Also, when I keed in "USA" it didn't
find it, had to scroll across the ocean. It started out above the UK so
maybe they still see us as a colony :-)


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


That is a little better but lacks descriptors such as trail names. It
has the El Dorado Trail so people would probably find it with that. On
the American River South Fork Trail people would get lost near Magnolia
and Cronan Ranch though because you really need to know the trail names
there.


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


Requires registration, password and all that. Why do people do this?

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Regards, Joerg

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