Random Street View Reviews

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Random Street View mentions (18)

• New to RV, wanted to share my first attempt

  Maybe use something like https://randomstreetview.com/ so you don't end up with targets like the middle of the ocean. Source: about 1 year ago

• Seeing images in a red vortex. Am I remote viewing? Hallucinating? Astral traveling?

  You may also try your process using a random picture as your target. Such as https://randomstreetview.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

• LPT Request: What are your go-to unique or interesting activities, habits, or exercises to maintain a sharp and active mind?

  During the pandemic lockdowns I really missed traveling. So I got into the habit of clcking on https://randomstreetview.com/ and trying to figure out what location it was from landscape and architecture clues, and street signs if that didn't work. Very fun! Source: about 1 year ago

• Unknown GPS coordinates viewing, attempt 1

  If its truly a random GPS location, then 70% chances are that the random tasking would involve water. Its probably better to use another way to pick target locations, such as https://randomstreetview.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

• January 27th - Draw a spot from Google Maps

  Using randomstreetview.com, I found this person walking out of a shop in Geneva, Switzerland. Source: over 1 year ago

OsmAnd mentions (120)

• Bridges in the US are threaten by truck drivers relying on GPS meant for cars

  > Google maps and Waze does not allow for setting vehicle height As a side note, OsmAnd supports setting vehicle height* and has support for multiple vehicles/routing profiles: https://osmand.net *: and weight, width, and length. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Organic Maps is a free Android and iOS offline maps app for travelers

  How does it compare to OsmAnd? https://osmand.net. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• "I'm in this picture and I don't like it"

  OsmAnd works for me. I am looking to get off Google, so I try to retire anything that is not on F-Droid. OsmAnd is a independent project ( osmand.net ) that uses the data you can also access under www.openstreetmap.org . The App is not perfect and sometimes it calls for the wrong action, for example when a road is just taking a steep turn it might ask for you to turn onto a different road which is actually the... Source: 7 months ago

• WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight

  When I am on a flight and the flight does not provide the flight information, I am using the OsmAnd, https://osmand.net/, to monitor the flight altitude, speed and direction. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Improving your online privacy: An update

  Regarding usage of OpenStreetMap over Google Maps - assuming we're talking mobile usage - you might give OSMAnd[0] a try. I've been using it exclusively on a Pixel loaded with GrapheneOS for a few months now. I would never consider going back to GMaps and I don't feel that I've lost anything either. [0] - https://osmand.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago