MOre generally, how can the QueryFeatures option (available when 
right-clicking a point in OSM desktop) be accessed in OsmAnd, to retrieve 
detailed information about surrounding POIs, roads etc? 

On Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 5:40:11 PM UTC+2, Francesco Puccettone wrote:
>
> For a given point on the map (path/road), how can I find out its road 
> category, that is, whether it is a paved street/footpath/rough path/cycle 
> lane/bridleway/etc, in terms of the corresponding OSM key descriptions, 
> namely surface 
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface?uselang=en>and tracktype 
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tracktype>. Right now the only 
> way I know to do this, is through a "query features" for that spot on 
> osm.org, which shows the exact path/road type in terms of all these OSM 
> properties.
>
> However, opening up osm.org is not practical on a phone, and long-tapping 
> on the point of interest in OsmAnd does not display any such property. On 
> the other hand, comparing the line type you see on the map to the MapLegend 
> in the Help is not convenient: too many taps back and forth, and even then, 
> the different path categories are hard to distinguish for people who are 
> colour-blind.
>

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