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  • The reason you can’t find addresses is likely because the data is not added to the maps in your region. I have similar problems here, though my state got much detail from batch updates last year.

    I found a resource that merges addresses into osmand maps monthly, for north america and beyond. Even better, it does so in a way that normal address layout for north Americans can be used when searching.

    Here in north america, we search by typing “255 maple street, some town 01234”, while osmand expects something like " USA some town street 123".

    You can download merged maps from opensupermaps.com, and find almost any address you seek, then you can navigate. Osmand is pretty good with directions, but sometimes messes up. Magic Earth is better at navigation, and has similar features to Waze. OSMAnd has much greater map detail, where people have uploaded it.






  • Don’t go single bay. Go 4 bay and set up RAID-6. This way, any two drives can fail at once and you won’t lose data. This actually happened to me once. One drive went bad and the second drive went bad while I was waiting for the first replacement to re-sync.

    It gives you extra protection from data loss when a drive inevitably fails. Keep a new replacement drive for when one fails.

    Schedule an integrity check once a quarter, and you are protected from bit-rot.

    Do regular backups to an external drive for the important stuff. Remember, this is where you’re keeping your family photographs and your important financial and legal documents.

    If you are really serious about covering yourself, keep your backups off-site, so you’re covered in case of fire, flood, or military shelling.