Re: [Talk-GB] OpenTrail - Freemap for Android
Freemap only covers certain areas of the UK, see http://www.free-map.org.uk/0.6/about.html. Nick -Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: - To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org From: Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com Date: 11/02/2013 07:06PM Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OpenTrail - Freemap for Android On 11/02/2013 12:59, Nick Whitelegg wrote: Hi, Alongside Freemap (free-map.org.uk) I can't see Bath or Bristol. Is it just me or is there a specific reason? Cheers Dave F. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] OpenTrail - Freemap for Android
Hi Nick, On 11 February 2013 12:59, Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk wrote: If you're interested in trying it out... I installed the apk on a Nexus 7. The smallish downloadable packaged maps are great and the render is nice and clear which is good for mobile devices. I did notice a couple of things from first use. Had to try the map download quite a few times (mostly getting Connection to http://www.free-map.org.uk refused) but managed to download the SX map in the end. A download progress bar might be a good idea for a future version as it is hard to know if anything is happening. Street name labels are extremely small and don't expand as you zoom in. The POI search (only checked pubs) seems to only find those mapped as nodes and not those mapped as areas. Search for other POI types would also be useful (toilets, convenience stores, etc.). highway=pedestrian doesn't appear to render. The sea is rendered as white with just a thick blue line for the coastline. I guess that is a feature? Hope this is useful. regards, Kevin ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] OpenTrail - Freemap for Android
Hello Kevin, Thanks for that. A few comments on your comments: - Not really sure why that connection refused is coming up, seems an odd error. Maybe Freemap was just overloaded with requests at that point in time? I've never had a problem downloading the map files and have tried from various wifi networks. - Street name labels: just a case of manipulating style file so should be easy to sort out. - POI search: the limiting factor here is what is stored on the Freemap database (this is where the data comes from) which I have to minimise due to server constraints. If it's just extra poi types it shouldn't be too much of a problem but adding area POIs might add a strain on the server. I'm guessing most pois have a node even if they have an area as well. - highway=pedestrian: again just a style file tweak, shoudn't be a problem. - sea: this is because it would be somewhat awkward to have a blue sea and white land. I think it could be done, by creating land polygons similar to what's done in processed_p.shp, but this would require regeneration of the data. I'll try and investigate this at some point but might be a while. Currently it's simply a case of rendering natural=coastline in blue. Nick -fortyfive...@gmail.com wrote: - To: Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk From: Kevin Peat Sent by: fortyfive...@gmail.com Date: 11/02/2013 02:46PM Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OpenTrail - Freemap for Android Hi Nick, On 11 February 2013 12:59, Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk wrote: If you're interested in trying it out... I installed the apk on a Nexus 7. The smallish downloadable packaged maps are great and the render is nice and clear which is good for mobile devices. I did notice a couple of things from first use. Had to try the map download quite a few times (mostly getting Connection to http://www.free-map.org.uk refused;) but managed to download the SX map in the end. A download progress bar might be a good idea for a future version as it is hard to know if anything is happening. Street name labels are extremely small and don't expand as you zoom in. The POI search (only checked pubs) seems to only find those mapped as nodes and not those mapped as areas. Search for other POI types would also be useful (toilets, convenience stores, etc.). highway=pedestrian doesn't appear to render. The sea is rendered as white with just a thick blue line for the coastline. I guess that is a feature? Hope this is useful. regards, Kevin ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] OpenTrail - Freemap for Android
On 11/02/2013 12:59, Nick Whitelegg wrote: Hi, Alongside Freemap (free-map.org.uk) I can't see Bath or Bristol. Is it just me or is there a specific reason? Cheers Dave F. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] OpenTrail - Freemap for Android
On 11 Feb 2013 18:06, Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk wrote: ...I'm guessing most pois have a node even if they have an area as well. That might be the case today but I am assuming that as more buildings are added then more and more POI's will just be areas. Mkgmap has a feature to generate POI nodes from POI areas. Maybe you should do something similar to just compute nodes and add them to free-map. - sea: this is because it would be somewhat awkward to have a blue sea and white land... No problem. I have been using AFTrack on Android which has a bunch of other neat gpx and track related features but if it ever stops raining down here I will definitely test your app some more. Kevin ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
