Thanks, that is the fix I was after On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 11:24, A Thompson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi! If you open Osmand's search then paste the OLC straight into the "Type > to search all" box at the top, then tap the first search result (shown as > latitude and longitude) then for me in the UK it works fine, avoiding the > trouble you described. > > This seems to work even thought the OLC from the Google maps app is the > short format followed by the general area given as text - I seem to > remember that when Google first started doing that instead of giving the > long-format OLC, OsmAnd couldn't handle it. > > If you drop a pin in Google maps, you can also copy latitude/longitude > instead of OLC, and paste it into OsmAnd in the same way. > > Hope that helps! I speak from experience as a user, not from any inside > knowledge. > > > > On Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 12:58:29 AM UTC+1, Gavinx wrote: >> >> I often search in osmand using the OLC code. This is because the >> effectiveness of searching by other means, such as a street address, is >> often limited by the information that is in OSM and therefore osmand. >> >> I do this by searching in google maps for what I am after and then using >> the "plus code" copy and paste that into Search ~ Address~ Coordinates >> Search. >> >> But this process is not smooth; >> >> 1. When I open Coordinates Search the field I need to paste in >> already has the current location's OLC. So this has to be deleted. >> 2. I paste the google plus code in but this returns "Invalid >> Coordinates". >> 3. To make the plus code valid I need to, starting from the right >> hand side of the string delete characters until the algorithm can find the >> the location. But the problem is the pasted string fills up the space so >> you cannot start from the far right but somewhere in the middle, delete >> enough characters to create space at the end and then start deleting from >> the end. >> >> My intention is to post a feature request in the github site that would >> somehow improve this but before I do I thought i would ask others if they >> have a better way of searching or indeed improvements to the process I have >> listed above. >> >> thanks >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "OsmAnd" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/osmand/aQ-GuZRrzTI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/8f9b44a1-95e5-43e4-91ac-c6f9587eb636o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/8f9b44a1-95e5-43e4-91ac-c6f9587eb636o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAHVD5kG289smkkmogenCj-6xojL7o6kJ6SN4s30P-rsWhmbvDQ%40mail.gmail.com.
