Re: Google maps location code?

[Dmitriy Prodchenko]

Hello! OsmAnd supports different coordinates format and OpenLocationCode 
too, you can change in what format coordinates will be showing in the 
context menu. Go to Menu - Settings - Coordinate format.

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Re: Google maps location code?

[Stefan Monnier]

> True, but I mentioned it earlier on an OSM mailing list & one of the others
> said he'd tried searching it via Bing & Bing Maps & no results at all?

That just indicates that Bing doesn't (yet?) support this kind of
location representation.  That representation was designed by Google but
it's really just an alternative representation of the lat/long position,
so you really can't expect Google search to point you to OSM nor to
Osmand, unless that can also be done for lat/long locations.


Stefan

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Re: Google maps location code?

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

True, but I mentioned it earlier on an OSM mailing list & one of the others
said he'd tried searching it via Bing & Bing Maps & no results at all?

Thanks

Graeme

On 3 November 2017 at 13:59, Stefan Monnier 
wrote:

> > However, it's also showing another location code, eg 5R3MXC5M+JM.
> Clicking
> > on that field on the phone, doesn't seem to do anything, but if you do a
> > Google search on that data, it returns a location on Google Maps, which
> is
>
> It's not a surprise if a Google search leads you to a Google service.
>
>
> Stefan
>

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Google maps location code?

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

Hi

Apologies if this has been discussed before.

Have been working on OSM adding & updating details, while also checking 
OSMAND+ on my phone to see how things were actually showing on the map, & 
found something a bit unusual.

Search for a POI, select one, go to More Actions - Show Description, & it 
will give you the details for that POI that have been entered in OSM, 
together with a Lat / Long location, which is all fine.

However, it's also showing another location code, eg 5R3MXC5M+JM. Clicking 
on that field on the phone, doesn't seem to do anything, but if you do a 
Google search on that data, it returns a location on Google Maps, which is 
the location of the POI! If you try it now, by highlighting 5R3MXC5M+JM & 
doing a "Search in Google" it will return a location in Mermaid Beach, 
Queensland, Australia, which is the restaurant that I was looking at.

Why is OSMAND apparently showing Google Maps data? 

Anybody got any thoughts / ideas?

Thanks

Graeme




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