French walking app

Technology
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Hi,

We walk a lot and use OS Maps in the UK. Just wondered if there was a similar French app that anyone would recommend.

We’re staying in a little place just outside another little place near Chatillon Sur Indre.

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I’ve never used it, but i found this:

https://walkinginfrance.info/beginners-guide/maps-and-guides/

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If you are familiar with OS maps then IGN will suit you well. Because we walk all over France we have a copy of the digital version which covers all of France and from which you can print whatever area you wish.

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I use alltrails and komoot apps, and use them for both plotting my own routes plus following routes that have been uploaded.

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We use visorando, with the IGN base layer rather than their facsimile (12€). As above for plotting our own routes, as well as following ones prepared by other visorando’ners.

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Thanks, everyone. I’ll try those out! Pete

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I use Visorando as well. Does everything that I need.

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Thanks everyone. I tried them all and went for Visorando, as it seemed the most similar to OS maps.

Appreciate the advice.

Pete x

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And another vote for Visorando

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Thanks, Des. That’s got me over any buyer’s remorse. I went for the premium version because you get a nicer kind of person using that, apparently. :smiley::smiley:

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I also like the reviews of walks on visorando…went on one today where a review complained about having to lift his 50kg dog over a style. Our dog does agility so we reckoned we would be ok. No. Had to lift a wiggling, protesting 30kg dog over the barbed wire v high style, no way were we going to risk him jumping it.

We should have paid more attention to the review!!

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Fortunately our cat will be staying at home! App seems great.