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I have a question about hiking maps. Suppose I want to climb a hill, down a valley and back up, I "do not" want a straight line routing as I suppose osmand does

I have a question about hiking maps. Suppose I want to climb a hill, down a valley and back up, I "do not" want a straight line routing as I suppose osmand does it last I tried. Well osmand does show elevation data but "distance" for up a slope is more than "down a slope"

martyvis 5y ago
While you can do it that way, for hiking I tend to create routes based off of a map and add useful waypoints. For instance track intersections, River crossings, summits, etc. This is how you would do it with map + compass old school. I load those routes on my Garmin instinct watch, record the actual track, and use downloaded maps on my phone ( Google maps / government issued topographic maps and Open Street map).
- 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
  do you plan your route beforehand if its a new route for you? edit: i mean do you use maps to investigate a new route? use google earth? whatever?
Matrixik 5y ago
Try Mapy.cz it have nice travel route functionality, offline maps and I really like "Trips nearby". It generate trip on the fly based on what distance you want to go that end at the same point you are starting from.
mackrevinack 5y ago
would the contour lines plugin help?
- 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
  i dont know.... i have been using countour lines and hillshade as well as elevation data to plan routes but it is a manual affair
robotmay 5y ago
In the UK we have an option for this but it’s specific to our country: https://shop.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/apps/os-maps/ https://shop.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/apps/os-maps/ The app basically provides the same maps as they do in paper form, which shows extreme levels of detail for our countryside including pretty much every trail and all elevation data. I believe it even does snap-to-path routing inside national parks, which is pretty cool. Ordnance Survey maps have been the standard for hiking in the UK for decades, and it’s a bit of a shame there doesn’t seem to be an equivalent elsewhere.

martyvis 5y ago

While you can do it that way, for hiking I tend to create routes based off of a map and add useful waypoints. For instance track intersections, River crossings, summits, etc. This is how you would do it with map + compass old school. I load those routes on my Garmin instinct watch, record the actual track, and use downloaded maps on my phone ( Google maps / government issued topographic maps and Open Street map).

2Gkashmiri 5y ago
do you plan your route beforehand if its a new route for you? edit: i mean do you use maps to investigate a new route? use google earth? whatever?

Matrixik 5y ago

Try Mapy.cz it have nice travel route functionality, offline maps and I really like "Trips nearby". It generate trip on the fly based on what distance you want to go that end at the same point you are starting from.

mackrevinack 5y ago

would the contour lines plugin help?

2Gkashmiri 5y ago
i dont know.... i have been using countour lines and hillshade as well as elevation data to plan routes but it is a manual affair

robotmay 5y ago

In the UK we have an option for this but it’s specific to our country: https://shop.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/apps/os-maps/ https://shop.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/apps/os-maps/ The app basically provides the same maps as they do in paper form, which shows extreme levels of detail for our countryside including pretty much every trail and all elevation data. I believe it even does snap-to-path routing inside national parks, which is pretty cool. Ordnance Survey maps have been the standard for hiking in the UK for decades, and it’s a bit of a shame there doesn’t seem to be an equivalent elsewhere.