OSM is very, very popular with hikers and cyclists, and I'd argue rhey drive a lot of it's use, especially via third-party systems. However, it's one failing is "gravel" roads. While they support many different gravel road types, they admit on their Wiki that use of the proper terms is low.

Given the heavy use of Garmin devices, especially among gravel cyclists, mountain bikers, and bikepackers, where terrain definition is important, it would be outstanding to have an app in the Garmin store for Edge devices that could report the exact terrain type (compacted, dirt, etc) with a button mash as you ride it.

[–] kevin@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not sure if you're the one to ask, but are there any good alternatives to Strava built on OSM? I don't need all the fitness analysis and social features, I just want to track my walk route and get basic info like miles traveled, elevation change, average speed, etc

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 1 month ago

So for the tracking and planning part, you could use OSMAnd. It's UI is a bit confusing but it does work welll. My typical setup is:

Plan route in OSMAnd
Record route with a garmin
Upload GPX to self-hosted Fittrackee or Wanderer

However you may be asking for something more like RideWithGPS.com?

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