I should have completed the sentence "Routes can be imported from..." to say they can be "...imported from Downloads via 'Configure map, 'Tracks', 'Add more'...' "
On Thursday, 2 December 2021 at 10:22:17 UTC Tim Passingham wrote: > I had to start afresh, which took quite a long time. It's all a bit > obscure. On my Samsung A41 it turns out that it is possible to put the > folder on the SD card in 'External Storage 2' > (/storage/2614-1710/Android/data/net.osmand.plus), so after a lot of > experimentation I selected this as my data storage folder. The data within > this can't be accessed from file managers on the mobile, nor by USB > connected to my PC, which is a nuisance. I can see the files in the folder > via USB on my PC, but cannot copy them. However, being on SD it does mean > I have more space to download maps, contours, wikis and the rest. > > As tomroc said, it is then also possible to import maps from a shared > folder, such as Downloads, using a file manager to 'open with' to osmand+. > Favourites can also be imported via 'My Places', so I haven't lost them > all, which is a relief. Routes can be imported from > > The next problem is exporting data. I have, as yet, found no way to do > that. The main thing I regularly export is routes I have taken and > recorded. Is there any way to get at the 'rec' folder from outside > OsmAnd+, or a command in OsmAnd+ to do so? If not, I would ask for this to > be considered as a feature in the next version of OsmAnd+. The main reason > I export such routes is that I can analyze them with gpx tools, see my > average speed overall or part of a route, and so on. > > Why these restrictions are imposed is a mystery to me. Privacy? That > can't be right. I can take photos, store them on shared and accessible SD, > and export them, so why not maps, routes and so on? > > > On Wednesday, 1 December 2021 at 22:37:04 UTC [email protected] wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, 1 Dec 2021, 22:14 Stefan Monnier, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> > Here's where I've got up to. >>> >>> I'm interested but couldn't understand your description: >>> >>> > I have asked osmand to create an accessible folder within the >>> 'download' >>> > folder (following the approach taken by Vespucci) on my internal >>> storage. >>> >>> Where's "the 'download' folder"? >>> By internal storage do you mean the soldered flash storage or the >>> removable SD card? >>> >> >> Download is one of the default folders in the internal storage >> ('storage/emulated/0') which is the soldered flash storage AFAIK. It's the >> same place you'll find DCIM, Android, Music and other such folders. >> >> >>> > I can then import the map files and favourites there using 'open with' >>> from >>> > File Commander. >>> >>> Import from where? >>> What's "File Commander"? >>> >> >> Import from wherever you had the maps already (I had an 'osmand' folder >> in internal storage before). >> >> File Commander is a file explorer type app for Android. There's a free >> version with intrusive ads. I only mention it because I couldn't >> successfully 'open with' from Samsung's file manager. Presumably other apps >> would work though. >> >> >>> > If I make the folder myself or paste the files in it they don't work. >>> >>> I wouldn't know how to "paste" files, so I'm glad it doesn't work: one >>> less thing to try and understand. >>> >>> > I don't know if you can do that with the download folder on the SD >>> card and >>> > I haven't tried importing av notes or tracks yet (and whether I can >>> paste >>> > those). I can create new av notes and use trip recorder and then >>> access the >>> > files from outside osmand. >>> >>> So, this suggests "internal storage" is the soldered flash storage >>> rather than the SD. >>> >> >> Yes. >> >> Hope that helps. >> > -- 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/c6baa724-155a-4e5c-b25d-07b1fb1b834cn%40googlegroups.com.
