Brouter is indeed powerful. STill, it would be nice to know how one can do 
a good-old "Query Features" for a given point on the map in OsmAnd, even if 
it means taking the coordinates to a different android app. OSM.org web in 
Android doesn't seem to support search.

On Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 6:45:10 PM UTC+2, Poutnik wrote:
>
> This can be done on a phone as well, as the BRouter web is phone friendly.
>
> Take it then as an alternative.
>
> Dne 14. června 2020 18:36:05 Francesco Puccettone <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> napsal:
>
>> Thanks for your suggestion! I already know how to find out route type on 
>> a desktop computer (e.g. via 'query features', as I mentioned). My question 
>> was how I can find this out in OsmAnd, for a given point on the map.
>>
>> On Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 6:12:51 PM UTC+2, Poutnik wrote:
>>>
>>> You may try BRouter.de/BRouter-web/ with routing profile trekking 
>>> (bike) or hiking-beta (foot) . 
>>>
>>> After interactive route creation along OSM highways of interest, you can 
>>> review routing related way tags in the table, eventually even export them 
>>> into CSV file.
>>>
>>> Dne 14. června 2020 17:40:16 Francesco Puccettone <
>>> [email protected]> napsal:
>>>
>>>> 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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