Hi Bob, I followed your advice and upgraded to OsmAnd+ so I will be able to improve the OSM and benefit from it when making my routes.
Regards, Rob Op ma 18 mei 2020 om 17:54 schreef Bob Gambrel <[email protected]> > My approach to navigation problems in OSM AND ... > > 1) Fix the underlying map as you are already planning to do > 2) Make sure you have the OSMAND+ with OSMAnd Live subscription. > 3) Usually within a hour or sometimes more after you update, go to OSMAND > and and select "OsmAnd Live". You should find your region in the list of > Live updates. > 4) Select the region and press UPDATE NOW. > > If all goes well the map has been updated and you will be able to use the > new information. > > I have done some informal timings about how long it takes to get the OSM > changes into OSMAND+ (with Live): > > map details: within an hour or so > navigation routing details: within 5 days > > The five days above is only because it took me 5 days to check. It may be > much sooner, but then again, it might be variable. > > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 9:59 AM Rob Romijn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for your quick response. >> Your suggestion doesn't work. The problem is that the map OsmAnd is using >> is not correct. A small stretch of road is missing so now the 2 roads are >> not connected. So only if I use airplane mode (which allow me to draw a >> straight line) I can move from one road to the other. >> regards, >> >> Rob >> >> Op ma 18 mei 2020 om 16:50 schreef 'Xavier' via OsmAnd < >> [email protected]>: >> >>> On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 07:35:43AM -0700, Rob Romijn wrote: >>> >My problem is that I like to use the navigation profile to follow the >>> >corresponding roads. But I experienced that the information in OSM about >>> >the road is not correct and then the route is not using this road. >>> >>> >I could try to update the map (which is a good idea so I already did >>> share >>> >the correct information about the road to OSM) >>> >>> This is *always* a good idea. If the underlying OSM map data is >>> incorrect, then it is best to correct that data, as bad base data input >>> to OsmAnd will always end up requiring poor workarounds. >>> >>> > but is there a way I can bypass the routing and force the system to >>> >use a certain road, even if it doesn't fit in the navigation profile? >>> >>> You'll have to try this for one of the roads that is incorrect. It >>> may, or may not, work. >>> >>> Setup a route normally, i.e., enter a start and final destination, and >>> let OsmAnd do it's initial route calculation. >>> >>> When it is done, if you are still at the screen with the "Start" button >>> to begin navigation, you'll notice a circle with a plus (+) icon to the >>> right of the destination field (you also get the same icon if you >>> reopen the route screen while navigating an active route). >>> >>> That icon, if you touch it, will allow you to add intermediate >>> destinations to your route. One of the options is "Select on Map". If >>> you add an intermediate destination or two to the road OsmAnd wants to >>> initially ignore, what results? Note that adding intermediate >>> destionations via select on map is most easily done by zooming on the >>> road to add. 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