Hello Christian. I've actually done this before writing the original post. I downgraded from my current OsmAnd+ to the OsmAnd~ version 2.4.6 found in the F-DROID repo but was unsuccessful. The POIs were still not displaying. Are you saying you managed to do this? If so, which OsmAnd~ version in the F-Droid repo did you use?
Thank you. On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 11:37:21 PM UTC+8, Christian Egger wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm almost in the same situation (see my question from March, 12th > "Searchable > Custom POIs <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/osmand/AV1J_HdUJmk>"). > I really appreciate OSMand's versatility and hope that this feature comes > back in a vanilla way. > > There's one permanent fix and 2 immediate (temporary) workarounds: > > a) Use F-Droid to get an older version of Osmand: > > Reinstall an older version of the app from F-Droid, the Free and Open > Source *Android* App Repository. Generally, it's considered bad practice > to side-load apps from a security standpoint, but F-Droid is an exception > here, as it's a curated repository of benign FOSS apps. You need to enable > "install from unknown sources" in the security settings section. If you do > so, I strongly suggest to install the F-Droid store, you can later on > enable the "archive" repository, if the version that you want vanishes from > F-Droid's normal repo (the archive is not accessible on the web, you need > to enable the "archive repo" to see very old versions in the f-droid store > app). > > Site: https://f-droid.org > Osmand: > https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=osmand&fdid=net.osmand.plus > > b) edit the POI config XML file by hand: > > I tested with editing/replacing poi_types.xml with the version from 2.4.6 > (it's in the osmand folder where the map data files are as well), but to no > avail. Maybe it's broken at the moment or I'm doing something wrong. > > c) maybe osmand devs investigate/re-add the feature. I'd be very glad. > > cheers, > Christian > > Am Montag, 20. März 2017 01:38:09 UTC+1 schrieb Win Olario: >> >> Hello. I'm an OsmAnd user from the Philippines, and an OpenStreetMap >> advocate. >> >> I've always recommended OsmAnd to our friends working in emergency >> services, and recently it came to my attention that it's no longer possible >> to search or display the fire hydrant POIs. This is feature was one of the >> strongest points to highlight the OpenStreetMap database, and the power of >> OsmAnd for our use case. >> >> Do you know what happened, and when this particular feature was dropped? >> I can still see the hydrants being rendered but they're no longer >> searchable, even with custom searches. They're not even part of the >> Emergency feature search anymore. >> >> Any suggested workarounds? >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Osmand" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
