I should have been more clear. Harry, I guess we are using the word "map" differently. When I say "map" I do not mean an image. To me "map" means a collection of data that describes a physical location. SO when I say "looking at a map from a file", to me that means I am looking at the data (or in your words "map items") that has been extracted from that file. I am not using online maps, just offline maps. So the configuration for setting for online "MapSource" does not apply. All I have is downloaded maps. So lets say I will be going to a city for a trip and I obtain maps from different sources. Each is a complete map with data for POIs, roads, etc. In some places the maps overlap and in some they do not. But the data could be slightly diffferent because the maps comes from different sources. In an overlap area, the same POI could be in slightly different locations in the two maps. If those two maps "are displayed on your screen", I would have a jumbled mess in the overlap area. For example, that one POI would be displayed at two slightly different locations. In the overlap area, I want to display one map or the other, not both at the same time. You are saying that is not possible. Which is fine if that is how the software work, I just need to know that. It just means I have to adjust because it is not what I am used to in other various mapping tools I have used.
On Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 1:14:34 AM UTC-4, Bart Eisenberg wrote: > > Which map gets displayed is primarily governed by Configure map > Source > map. (You can also specify overlay and underlay maps.) If you zoom far > enough back, you see the world overview map. > On Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 5:19:36 AM UTC-4, Harry van der Wolf wrote: > > You are not looking at a map from a file. OsmAnd is reading "map items" > from binary files. You are looking at many items in a binary file that are > rendered into a map on your screen. > If you have three normal maps covering the same area: one with POIs, one > with roads and one with "greenery", the items will be read from all 3 maps > (binary files containing "map" items), and all will be displayed on your > screen, sometimes depending on the zoom level. > Another example: all country/region maps have a very limited overlap with > the next country/region. On the border "items" from both maps are rendered. > > And then you have the options of the "normal" map and the underlay/overlay > maps that Bart mentioned. > > > -- 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/5e1bdd72-86e6-4019-9aa9-a00d264f68e8%40googlegroups.com.
