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Mapping woes

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  • 27-07-2016 8:14am
    #1
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    So I went into mapmyride.com this morning to plan a weekend spin, and got this in course creation;

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    So preferring to pick l-roads from the high contrast maps in open street mapper I nipped over to the course creator in Garmin connect only to realise it didn't have the maps I wanted, e.g. for the junction I was looking at on OSM it gives

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    which is only marginally better than their google offering of

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    while the map I'm looking for is

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    The reason I like this map is firstly because it shows the trails connecting bits of l-roads together, secondly it matches what I've got on my Garmin, and most importantly I'm not a fan of searching for thin white lines on an off white background or grey lines on a light grey background.

    What are other people using for course creation, and do the tools work properly with Open Street Map?


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    #2
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    Bike route toaster seems ok, with direct access to open street maps as well as mapquest (which reports the same issues as MapMyRide).


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,995 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    I use the one on Strava.


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    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    I used the one on Strava, but since its blocked at work I switched to https://www.bikemap.net/en/route/create/ with Opencyclemap display.

    Strava is great if you prefer main roads, but if you're in L road discovery mode, Bikemap.net is so much better... :) The routing can be hilarious, but I like it :D


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    Plastik
    Registered Users Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭Plastik


    www.ridewithgps.com


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    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,530 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    I use ridewithgps too or sometimes strava


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    #7
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    Alek wrote: »
    I used the one on Strava, but since its blocked at work I switched to https://www.bikemap.net/en/route/create/ with Opencyclemap display.

    Strava is great if you prefer main roads, but if you're in L road discovery mode, Bikemap.net is so much better... :) The routing can be hilarious, but I like it :D

    Great site and just what I'm after. Nice simple interface which also allows all the Coilte tracks to be mixed with road routes. Tried it out this evening on a route cutting across Tibradden and Cruagh woods and all worked fine (except for me trying to get up a muddy incline where the wheels and pedals were going forward, yet the bike was going backward)


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