OsmAnd presents elevation profiles for routes, so the information must be
in there somewhere.

Fr Gr Peter Elderson


Op wo 30 jun. 2021 om 17:42 schreef 'Xavier' via OsmAnd <
[email protected]>:

> On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 08:31:49AM -0700, JeCh wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have a special task to do.  I need to find a nearby road with a
> >certain gradient.  Is there any possibility to do it in Osmand?  Or do
> >you have any other idea, how can a find some steep roads in my
> >surroundings?
>
> OpenStreetMap does have a key to store the incline of a road segment:
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:incline
>
> But, there are then two issues:
>
> 1) Does OSMAnd consume, and store, the value of this tag in its map
>    files?  On this question I do not know the answer.  But if the
>    answer turns out to be no, then there would be no way to use OSMAnd
>    to find steep roads.  At least not until it was modified by the
>    developers to include this data.
>
> 2) Are any of your nearby roads tagged with the incline key in
>    OpenStreetMap?  If the answer here is no, then it is not possible
>    for this data to be in OSMAnd, assuming OSMAnd does add it to its
>    maps.  You (or someone) would first have to add it to OpenStreetMap.
>
> My best idea for you to see if OpenStreetMap even has the incline tag
> for your local roads would be to run some queries in Overpass Turbo:
>
> https://overpass-turbo.eu/
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_turbo
>
> This will let you query the raw OpenStreetMap data, and you can use it
> to determine if any of your local streets even have an "incline" tag,
> and if so, you can use it to find local streets with particular
> inclines.
>
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