Aha, maybe that's my problem. The instructions are very much less than complete. I'll try it.
Thank you, Susan On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 5:50 PM 'Xavier' via Osmand <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 05:15:34PM -0700, Bart Eisenberg wrote: > >On Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 3:36:22 PM UTC-7, S Xxx wrote: > >> I also tried entering an address, starting with the city Beijing, > >> but OsmAnd returns error message "Can not find anything: 50 mi". > >> Which is true--apparently OsmAnd is using my present location on the > >> worldview map, even though I have wifi turned off. > >> > >I'm less clear on OsmAnd address searches, but this is a start. > > Also keep in mind that address searches depend upon the address which > is requested having been entered into OpenStreetMap. If OpenStreetMap > does not (yet) contain the address, then OsmAnd will not find a > location. > > The good news is that you can add missing addresses to OpenStreetMap > yourself, after which they will be available to OsmAnd to use for the > address search feature. > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/20190923005036.GU3478%40d820.dp100.com > . > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/CABF%3DEjhc7wR9mgE7nL_xm8viZ7WhB5_gGShGU3WpeJEeOruNyA%40mail.gmail.com.
