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IGN France maps are now free
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 7:38 am
by brusnus
Hello, are we going to see France's topographique maps in the app soon now that they are free for everybody?
Happy new year!
Brus
Re: IGN France maps are now free
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 11:51 am
by Psyberia-Support
Hi Brus,
IGN Top25 maps free?!
Can you cite your source?
Re: IGN France maps are now free
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 2:25 pm
by boowoo
I think that he want to say "free" but in the data limit of a private personnal key.
It's true that an easier way to use a private key for different Géoportail maps should be great in AlpineQuest.
Currently, it's possible but it's a pain for most of users ...
Re: IGN France maps are now free
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 4:01 pm
by Psyberia-Support
There is a difference between free and open.
In a way, visualizing IGN topo maps is free, because you can do this without paying a fee on geoportail.
However it's not open, any other usage is restricted.
The Swiss topo however, has just decided to open all its data (including its high quality topo maps) (
source). This is a very good news.
But unfortunately it's not the case for France (note that recently, some data has been open, but it's mostly useless data for casual users).