That's great, thanks. I have managed to load all the POIs into different categories and assigned different colours to each. All that is missing is the ability to assign special icons to each category. But I can live without that :-)
On Wednesday, 25 November 2020 at 16:39:19 UTC+13 A Thompson wrote: > OsmAnd has so many features, all created by open-source developers, that > even frequent users need to keep exploring to see what works. > > No, by "folders" I was talking about the named sub-folders you can create > within My_Places>My_Favourites within OsmAnd. > > Would you like me to post some screenshots to illustrate what I was trying > to say? > > > On Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 3:13:30 AM UTC [email protected] > wrote: > >> Thanks for the response. That looks worth having a play with, which I'll >> do tomorrow. >> Very new to OsmAnd. >> Am not sure when you are talking about "folders" are they folders at >> Android file level - or folders within the OsmAnd app? >> >> On Wednesday, 25 November 2020 at 10:25:36 UTC+13 A Thompson wrote: >> >>> Faced with the same situation, I discovered a work-around. When you >>> import the GPX as favourites, the new POIs go into the default folder >>> called "Favourites". If you make sure that prior to the import this folder >>> is empty (or even deleted) by moving any contents to other named folders, >>> then after the import your new POIs are all in the "Favourites" folder by >>> them selves. Then you can simply rename "Favourites" to whatever you like, >>> change its appearance, etc. >>> >>> You can do this repeatedly - if you made a second import, OsmAnd would >>> recreate "Favourites" for the new POIs, and you can rename it again. >>> >>> It's an easy system once you get into the habit of using "Favourites" >>> solely for importing. >>> >>> I hope that helps! I think I made it sound more complicated than it is... >>> On Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 7:42:57 AM UTC [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> If I load, say, 50 POI's into OsmAnd via a GPX file, can I assign them >>>> to a new category with a specified icon shape and colour in a single group >>>> action? >>>> >>>> If so, any pointers as to "how" would be appreciated. >>>> >>> -- 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/794719f2-a5cc-4d8f-83b6-766561e8fa33n%40googlegroups.com.
