Stefan Monnier <[email protected]> writes: >> I realize this is preference, but as someone who knows how to read maps, >> I very strongly dislike 3D view. I want to see a plan view, with angles >> preserved and scale preserved. I know that it does not match visually >> what I see out the window, but I am able to know relative distances in >> complex intersections, and to know the turn angles. > > While I don't really mind the pseudo-3D view itself, the thing that > I find more important is the "north-up" option: with the north > constantly moving around I find that I end up learning the map much more > slowly.
Interesting point. At least this is controllable in osmand now. I like track up, just as I'd want to orient a paper map. But my goal is often to prepare for the next driving maneuver, vs learning the map. I do like north up in browse mode. > Regarding routing speed: I find Osmand's routing occasionally slow (not > in comparison to other tools, but in the fact that the speed is > annoying), but it's not nearly as a serious a problem as is the power > consumption (when running on battery, my phone will barely last 1h > running osmand in routing mode, so I have to carefully suspend the > routing and restart it for any significant use). With power usage, do you believe that osmand running gps receiver, displaying where you are and navigating along an already calculated route takes significantly more power than osmand running gps receiver and displaying where you are my impression is that the real power use is the GPS receiver, the display, and maybe CPU time to update the map on the display. But I have not done comparisons - a lot of my use of osmand is in a car, with power. I use it on phone internal battery briefly fairly often. When I am hiking and using it for a long time, I use an external battery -- which basically means I agree with you, except I think from 100% to 0% I'd get 2h, not 1h. -- 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/rmi369s8rhg.fsf%40s1.lexort.com.
