Interesting to read of the Vespucci app - thanks I suspect there are better apps if you primarily want navigation. OsmAnd's routing can be flaky. And as others have said, it tends to use a lot of power in navigation mode - too colourful/complex perhaps.
I primarily use it overseas as, can download a whole country, including contours, all within the one-off payment (6 GBP was it?) It is also good for handling very large datasets in GPX files, 100,000 or more points, which I find very useful. Only displaying in Lat/Long can be a limitation if you're also using local maps. Anyway, try out the free copy and see for yourself :-) Rob On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 4:41 PM 'Xavier' via Osmand <osmand@googlegroups.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 07:36:28AM -0700, Lukas wrote: > >I'm a cyclist and currently looking for the perfect route planer AND > >navigator while on the road. I'm planning on doing big tours for up to 10 > >days on my road bike. > > >Some people recommended Osmand so I'm looking into that now. First of > >all: Do you guys think this is the BEST application for my needs on > >the market right now? What other do you recommend? > > Well, "best" is subjective, everyone will have a different definition. > Note, also, you are asking an OsmAnd group if they believe it is best, > if we did not, we might not be subscribed here... :) > > >Then I figured that there's a free app and a paid one. > > Which means you can download the free version first, and > experiment/test yourself in your environment and for your use to see if > it works adequately for you. In the end, only you can ultimately > answer this question. > > >Any other hints how to get started etc. are highly appreciated. > > OsmAnd uses OpenStreetMap (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap, > https://www.openstreetmap.org/) data for its maps, which is a Wikipedia > like map of the world. > > What this means is that the detail level of the data you find is > dependent upon someone having added the data to OpenStreetMap at some > point. You may find that some of your routes are perfect, others have > some issues, and still others are missing. > > But, because OsmAnd is based on OpenStreetMap, this also means that you > can contribute data you find to be missing or correct data that is in > error while you are proceeding on your travels. And if you do so, > those routes/corrections will be present for both yourself, and > everyone else, to enjoy later. > > OsmAnd allows for some minor editing of OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, but > editing OSM data is not its intended use case, so there is a limited > amount you can do. If you do want to contribute data you find along > your travels that is missing or in error, you can also install Vespucci > (Android only, https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Vespucci, > https://vespucci.io/) which would allow you to make full OSM edits as > you go to enhance the data for everyone. > > -- > 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 osmand+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/20190703154131.GI1375%40d820.dp100.com > . > 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 osmand+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/CAOrV9LP%3DJsPiOUmFWFp77kAdVbgFmJhpoNmVujPEw_%2BTfJuBug%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
