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Old 07-07-22 | 09:04 AM
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fishboat
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Bikes: Lemond '01 Maillot Jaune, Lemond '02 Victoire, Lemond '03 Poprad, Lemond '03 Wayzata DB conv(Poprad), '79 AcerMex Windsor Carrera Professional(pur new), '88 GT Tequesta(pur new), '01 Bianchi Grizzly, 1993 Trek 970 DB conv, Trek 8900 DB conv

Alternate Offline Mapping Options

I'm a long-term user of Maps.Me (formerly MapsWithMe). It's (it was) a handy reference to store and access various day routes I ride as well as touring routes.

To load a route into Maps.Me I typically develop a route in RWGPS and then export a KML file. I then email it to myself, open the kml file on my cell phone and it auto loads into Maps.Me. Within Maps.Me I see all my routes in the Bookmarks area. In years past, up until yesterday morning when it updated, I could toggle on and off a route by going into Bookmarks and tapping a check box to the left of a route and a blue checkmark would show. The route would then be visible on the map. To turn off the route visibility..go to Bookmarks and tap the checkmark and the route would disappear. Easy-peasy.

As of yesterday the app updated and all of the above is pretty much hosed..no longer works. I can still load a new route my opening a kml file from my email, but turning on and off individual routes is no longer available. The only option is to turn on all the routes in my Bookmarks (I have dozens) or turn them all off. This is useless as I have multiple routes in small regions. Turning on all routes just looks like spaghetti.

So...

Has anyone figured out the new maps.me version?** if not.. What other free offline mapping apps are available? I know of Osmand. It has a limited free service. I haven't used it recently as I used Maps.Me (which had a much simpler user interface) when I needed a reference. Google has a limited offline map download, though no so user friendly(been awhile since I used it).

I don't use my cell for navigation(I have a GPS unit for this function)..the cell-app is just a backup and handy reference.

(** If you use Maps.Me DON"T let it update. I wish I could reverse the update it did yesterday)
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