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I am really enjoying using Cachly - so much better than the official Groundspeak app!  I'm wondering if there is a way to download any other maps besides OSM.  OSM doesn't display all the trails and topo data as well as Open Cycle Map.  Any solution for this?  Thanks!

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OCM include topo lines, useful when hiking to see how steep the trails are.  I found out this weekend that the other issue I had isn't true for Cachly.  When I look at OSM on my computer, the trails are much fainter than in OCM, but in Cachly they are much easier to see - so that's great!  Overall, Cachly is such an improvement over the old Groundspeak app!

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20 hours ago, dw1 said:

OCM include topo lines, useful when hiking to see how steep the trails are.  I found out this weekend that the other issue I had isn't true for Cachly.  When I look at OSM on my computer, the trails are much fainter than in OCM, but in Cachly they are much easier to see - so that's great!  Overall, Cachly is such an improvement over the old Groundspeak app!

I am looking into ways to include topo lines. It will make the download sizes larger but I do think it would be great to have.

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On 25.6.2017 at 6:45 AM, Nic Hubbard said:

Open Cycle Maps are just OSM maps with additional layers shown. What in particular are you wanting to show? Can you give me a location example and what is missing in the offline maps?

Hi Nic

My cacher-buddies uses Locus for Android and the Freizeitkarten-OSM map (german site). These maps are very popular in europe. Often when I search for a route to the cache my friends have a small way or path that is not shown on my offline map. Or they see objects like fountains, huts, fireplaces and much better surface and way patterns!

As far as I know this is mainly affected by the used theme and the 'Freizeitkarten' theme is optimized for geocaching. Maybe you can have a look into this theme. Another great option would be to let the users add their own OSM maps/themes.

Here are two examples (Freizeitkarten on Android and offline maps on Cachly):

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