All, please add your arguments to this OsmAnd github issue thread: https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand/issues/6118 Please give examples (especially when they are not mentioned yet) and use a thorough argumentation.
Thanks. Harry Op wo 3 okt. 2018 om 15:14 schreef Massimo Mula <[email protected]>: > >> A better way around that would be some way to tell Osmand what kind of > thing we're looking for (street, city, store, lake, river, ...) > > Yes, this is exactly what I intended! > No need to show up streets, squares and PDI when user is looking for a > city/town. > > BTW, if you do a POI search, it is already possible to choose the desired > categories (i.e. Food, Accommodation, Parking, Sport, etc.): cities, towns, > hamlets and streets/squares should be considered as "categories" as well... > > Max > > > Il giorno mer 3 ott 2018 alle ore 14:06 Stefan Monnier < > [email protected]> ha scritto: > >> > But if the destination is very far and I don't know where it is/I'm in >> > hurry/I'm too lazy to scroll the map around :), what happens you can >> see in >> > the attached picture: it shows all matches found in a range of about 15 >> Km >> > from current position, while Rome (city) is located as far as about 500 >> Km >> > from here. I would have to scroll the list "a little more" before >> finding >> > the entry "Rome - City" among all that stuff... >> >> FWIW, I think it makes sense to keep "Rome - city" far down the list in >> that case (the search can't know what kind of "roma" you're looking for, >> so if it has to mostly ignore distance as a criterion, it would end up >> having to list cities named Rome in far away countries as well). >> >> A better way around that would be some way to tell Osmand what kind of >> thing we're looking for (street, city, store, lake, river, ...). >> >> >> Stefan >> > > > -- > <>========== :-) > I Piccoli Pirati dell'Aria > URL: http://www.piccolipirati.it > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
