14 Aug 2018, 07:50 AM
Hi Colin,
Thank you for the good work on Mapometer. It was unfortunate that Google changed their policy. I was one of the happy users using Mapometer to plan my cycling and hiking trips.
To follow on your reply to suzie, may I add this: Most foot paths are on both OSM web (https://www.openstreetmap.org) and the Mapometer map. However, the mapometer map seems to be not as updated as the OSM web. I did a quick check on the map around my area and found out that one appears to be disjointed on Mapometer map. Please see location 1.41357, 103.89905. Missing foot path on Mapometer:![[Image: DvCLqv.jpg]](https://vgy.me/DvCLqv.jpg)
In comparsion, foot path on OSM: ![[Image: WkjKm6.jpg]](https://vgy.me/WkjKm6.jpg)
There could be more.
However, my bigger problem is that in some cases, "Draw Route" will refuse to plot a track using the foot path. It will use the nearest road instead. To give an example, using OSM web, I was able to plot a route from one end of a bridge (1.39573,103.92259) to the other end of the bridge (1.39700,103.92154) using the bridge itself. See![[Image: akUJuh.jpg]](https://vgy.me/akUJuh.jpg)
However, with Mapometer, it will not use the bridge but the road instead, creating a big detour. See ![[Image: Q4gnEl.jpg]](https://vgy.me/Q4gnEl.jpg)
Previously, Mapometer has no such issue. Perhaps it is due to the navigation software?
Thank you for the good work on Mapometer. It was unfortunate that Google changed their policy. I was one of the happy users using Mapometer to plan my cycling and hiking trips.
To follow on your reply to suzie, may I add this: Most foot paths are on both OSM web (https://www.openstreetmap.org) and the Mapometer map. However, the mapometer map seems to be not as updated as the OSM web. I did a quick check on the map around my area and found out that one appears to be disjointed on Mapometer map. Please see location 1.41357, 103.89905. Missing foot path on Mapometer:
In comparsion, foot path on OSM: There could be more.
However, my bigger problem is that in some cases, "Draw Route" will refuse to plot a track using the foot path. It will use the nearest road instead. To give an example, using OSM web, I was able to plot a route from one end of a bridge (1.39573,103.92259) to the other end of the bridge (1.39700,103.92154) using the bridge itself. See
However, with Mapometer, it will not use the bridge but the road instead, creating a big detour. See Previously, Mapometer has no such issue. Perhaps it is due to the navigation software?