It was unclear how the trail in British Columbia had appeared on Google Maps in the first place.
Hikers rescued after following non-existent trail on Google Maps::It was unclear how the trail in British Columbia had appeared on Google Maps in the first place.
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Downloading the All Trails app, or something like it, and using that would have helped a lot.
I use Osmand for trails in the woods, it is decently accurate in my country and also has a ton of other features
Yea it’s clunky as hell and unusable for driving, but as a browsable walking map it’s the best
Organic maps
Yeah Google Maps has a bad habit of doing that. Follow the trail signs folks, not the Google.
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