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I live in Switzerland and until proven otherwise, I think we have the best cartography in the world. map.geo.admin.ch and the Swisstopo app are absolute treasures to plan hikes.

At the moment I am trying to plan a hike in France where I cannot use the swiss map. I have tried several layers of Openstreetmaps but I don't find any that seem as good to show the relief, the walking paths, public transport stops and type of terrain.

What is your go-to cartography option?

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[-] foggy@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Alltrails to find popular trails

Caltopo to build my own.

Caltopo is the best.

[-] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago

Caltopo is truly the best for building your own route. Then I typically export gpx to my geocaching phone app (c:geo)

[-] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 17 hours ago

Immediate login window on open? Hmm I’d rather not. Unlikely that you live in Colorado but you can compare the apps, try COTrex, I bet it’s better than caltopo.

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I bet

🙄

It is not even close.

Caltopo is by far superior.

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