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
>>
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