> Every location is not covered by cellular networks. I use only wifi, it will store the area image tiles on the phone and the changes until you get back to wifi.
Cheerio John On 10 June 2017 at 16:48, Greg Morgan <dr.kludge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:06 AM, James <james2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Mean while in other common wealth countries like Canada or Australia, >>> it's not economically viable to pave every road. This is a very closed view >>> on the world we live in. >>> >> >> Heck, that's pretty true in the US as well; I actually did the research >> on this for a bet recently. Unpaved centerline miles outnumber paved >> centerline miles by around 3:1 in Oklahoma and closer to 7:1 in Oregon >> (with over 60 of those unpaved centerline miles being Portland city >> streets!). >> > > It feels like the map orients itself to urban mapping too much. My stereo > type is that if an urbanite runs into a dirt road they usually tag it as a > track. I laughed when I came a cross dirt road that was silky smooth and > could comfortably fit three semi-tractor trailers as a highway=track. Or > there is the well maintained AZ 88[1] that was downgraded to unclassified > from tertiary[2] presumably because the road is unpaved. There are mile > markers, a state ref number, and at least one hotel. > > I've used a number of these phone applications. Each has their strengths > and weaknesses. Pick one or more to meet your mapping needs. In the case > of StreetComplete I thought that the whole point of the application was > to read OSM data; ask a few questions; and change the map. There's another > weakness of the application. Every location is not covered by cellular > networks. > > [1]https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=33.527969006834496&; > lng=-111.31676532746405&z=17&pKey=sS6f6s5B_jMurb7qt4bfeQ&focus=photo > [2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/124976509 > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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