Great! I was just experimenting a bit more. What I said about imported GPX POIs appearing in My_Places>My_Favourites>"Favourites" applies when you click on the .gpx in a file manager and select OsmAnd as the app to open it with. If instead you import by going to My_Places>My_Favourites within Osmand, and choosing "+" in the tool bar at the top, then OsmAnd automatically creates a new favourites group/folder with the same name as the .gpx file, rather than using the "Favourites" folder.
As for icons, it's odd... When you manually create a new favourite (long press on the map, then select the star) you get a rich set of options for its appearance, but I can''t see how to apply that to an existing group either. The user interface is one of the things the devs are working on most at the moment, so I would guess that this is likely to improve in future releases. On Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 9:46:35 PM UTC [email protected] wrote: > 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/b207729c-fa38-450b-9243-adc7ff06537an%40googlegroups.com.
