[SOLVED] Any luck/experience contributing more bike-friendly roads to Google Maps
[SOLVED] Any luck/experience contributing more bike-friendly roads to Google Maps
I thought this would be dead simple but trying to label a road as "bike-friendly" isn't as intuitive as one would hope (am I "adding" a road even though it's technically there or reporting "wrong info" piece by piece?)
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I might be wrong with this, but I think Google Maps gets some of its data from OpenStreetMap. You might be better off updating the road there and seeing if it transfers over.
It would probably take a while to go through, but even if it doesn't work, you will have added data to an open map that everyone can use :)
OSMAnd in particular is a nicer app for cycling anyway, and can be used completely offline (although it does take some time to adjust the interface).
For me, OSMAnd~ epitomizes FOSS: Can do literally everything, privacy friendly, completely offline, but incredibly ugly, and with a UX so horrible it keeps everyone but the idealists away.
I've been using the app for hiking for years and I still constantly find myself looking for the right menus or the back button behaving in unexpected ways. The search function is also basically unusable.