Hi Johnny. Here is some previous info on a workaround. I find it works well.
My understanding is that a GPX route in not in anyway connected with the underlying map. It makes no use of OSM data. The app is describing a line hence the poor instructions. What you want is for the app to describe a map. You will need to layer an Osmand generated route on top of your GPX route. Below is a copy of a post I placed on a cycling website giving instructions on how to do this. "There have been a many posts on the voice guidance system when using a GPX track in Osmand. Instructions can be imprecise when faced, for example, Y junctions or roundabouts. There are no road names. It takes some getting used to the vagaries such as "slightly left then slightly right" or cross roads being ignored completely. I believe there may be a solution to this. It involves not using your imported GPX track for navigation at all, but using it as a template on which to build an Osmand generated route (layer). This gives one the full repertoire of Osmand's voice instructions. One will first need to familiarize oneself with setting and moving waypoints ( via points ) including “sorting door to door” When Osmand asks if you want to “use the displayed GPX / imported track for navigation” press NO. This will leave an inoperative imprint of your intended GPX route on the map. Now move to Osmonds navigation feature and create a start and finish point that corresponds to the start and finish of your now inoperative GPX template. It is best to use the “select on map” feature for this. Osmand will then calculate a route which will invariably differ from your GPX template. Now insert waypoints ( via points ) along your template to force Osmand to route along your intended GPX track. Then press go. As it is now an Osmand generated route that is following its own map, you will have enhanced voice instructions. As with anything in Osmand this takes practice but can be done quickly once it has been mastered . Best done the night before. I have found for a typical day ride between four and ten waypoints (via points )are all that is required. I traversed an unfamiliar Bournemouth in both directions using this method and it is demonstrably better than using a live GPX track. Regards Gavin. > -- 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.
