What's a good app for finding bike routes specifically around Metro Vancouver?e.g.

[leroy@indiehackers.social]

What's a good app for finding bike routes specifically around Metro Vancouver?
e.g. Apple Maps gave garbage directions from New West to PoCo. Google Maps did a decent job.
However, Google maps gave terrible directions around Mount Pleasant area. (told me to go along 12th instead of 10th for some dumb reason)

I only really use Google Maps when I have to, but it’s also time to switch away from Apple maps.

The main need is bike-friendly mapping system.

#bike #ebike #vancouver #bc

[yurkshirelad@mastodon.social]

@leroy I don’t bike but take a look at @CoMaps. It uses map data from OpenStreetMaps.

You have to download map data for the regions you are interested in, which means it will also work offline without Wifi or a cell connection.

I don’t know how well it routes for cyclists, but take a look. You could always provide feedback to the developers for improvements.

[adam@mstdn.ca]

@YurkshireLad @leroy @CoMaps Was about to recommend the same thing. CoMaps also lets you do bike routing.

[leroy@indiehackers.social]

@adam @YurkshireLad @CoMaps I think all the non proprietary ones are pulling from OSM. So Maybe I need to figure out how to correct the source data with bike paths.

Or whatever algorithm they have that prefers 5 minutes on highway (70km/h) instead of 15 minutes of bike trails through woods needs fixing and is simply out of my control.

Thanks for the tips though!

[adam@mstdn.ca]

@leroy @YurkshireLad @CoMaps Yes, CoMaps is built on OSM. You can do some basic editing in the app.