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I love Google Maps, but it sucks for hiking — here’s the app I use to avoid getting lost in the woods – Tom’s Guide

I love Google Maps, but it sucks for hiking — here’s the app I use to avoid getting lost in the woods

Opinion, By Tom Pritchard published 2 days ago

OpenStreetMap is free, and much better at mapping trails than Google

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I use Google Maps a lot, even when I don’t actually need it. There’s so much on offer in Google’s navigation app, and so far I haven’t been able to find an alternative that doesn’t infuriate me when out on the road. But Google Maps is far from perfect, and as good as it is on the road, I’ve found it’s absolutely useless off it.

I have two Labradors who need a lot of exercise and love to explore new areas. So I tend to do a lot of hiking and rambling through the nearby countryside to tire them out. Finding new footpaths and trails with Google Maps is a pretty miserable experience, because it has next to no information about them. So I’ve found a useful (and free) alternative in the form of Open Street Map.

Google Maps needs more hiking trails

The first thing I should mention is that I know Apple Maps launched its own hiking features last year, alongside iOS 18. But I’m primarily an Android user, and switching to an iPhone just to go hiking would be a huge pain in my proverbial neck. Unfortunately, that is one feature Google Maps doesn’t have, and hasn’t yet copied, which is finding new trails quite difficult.

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