Thanks Ale! What would be really useful is to see all these categories as 
text, for a given road/path, as opposed to colour-coded. That is, for the 
legend to be 'translated'. However, enabling those two layers just shows me 
more colours, which for me is not helpful :)

Also, any idea as how to how I can achieve in OsmAnd the QueryFeatures 
function that you get in standard OSM, whereby you can see not just the 
road type at the current point, but also nearby POIs, rivers, enclosing 
regions (county level), etc?

Best
--F.

On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 8:39:11 PM UTC+2, Alessandro Sarretta wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> probably not exactly what you're asking but, in OsmAnd, under * Configure 
> map* > *Details*, you can activate "*Show road surface*" and "*Show road 
> quality*". If available in OSM, they will be rendered with a different 
> style (here you can find all the different rendering styles: 
> https://osmand.net/help-online/map-legend/)
>
> m2c
>
> Ale
> On 14/06/20 17:40, 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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