Re: Real download link of OSMand maps

So if you have a wifi router you can pull the data file in over wifi and save your data budget. You may have to configure the phone to turn off the over air connection. If you don't try an internet cafe but you may need a browser to get past the agreement front page. Cheerio John On 5 July 2016

Re: bicycle routing

It does depend on the country and even in the UK there are locations where it is permitted. The West Midlands for example. Cheerio John On 21 January 2017 at 04:59, Paul Johnson wrote: > I've noticed that bicycle routing is trying to use footways, when in > general,

Re: Custom maps

grab the daily dump then trim it down to the size you want then use mapcreator to generate the file for osmand. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OsmAndMapCreator copy the .obf file onto the device etc. Cheerio John On 24 February 2017 at 15:31, Gavinx wrote: > I

Support for openlocationcode

http://openlocationcode.com/ In many parts of the world buildings do not have an address. There are a number of different proposals floating around such as three words etc. It's not perfect in that there is little protection against transposing numbers within the address and many Post Offices

Re: BTSync initiative

>> files. >> In a few hours it should be all synced. >> >> Miguel Domingues >> >> On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Miguel Domingues <miguelbraz...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> Thank you for alerting me, i'll see what's wrong. >>> Em

Re: emails tagged [osmandapp/Osmand]

to Not watching , and if not enough, then ignoring. >> >> >> Dne 18/09/2016 v 19:19 CP napsal(a): >> >> John, I'm not in the same boat as you. So forgive me for probably a silly >> suggestion. But my email filters take all this work out of my hands. Could

emails tagged [osmandapp/Osmand]

I'm getting something like 20-50 of these each day. The emails from other people I wish to read are getting lost. I can unsubscribe to a particular thread but that just cuts the number to 19-49 per day and it soon back up to the normal number. I am feeling very frustrated. At the end of a week

Re: Convert OBF to OSM or Shapefile

The native file type of OSMAND .obf contains indexes and I suspect contains a subset of what is in a .pbf file. You can generate a .obf file from a .pbf file using the mapcreator associated with osmand. Cheerio John On 28 November 2016 at 17:36, David Taylor wrote: > To

Picking up addresses

Locally we have strip malls. The building outline has been mapped with the address, postcode, etc. Nodes are used within the building to identify the individual units, coffee shop, pizza takeaway etc. If I select a node it seems to select the nearest highway rather than picking up the

Re: Select polygons

Please raise an issue, it is a difficulty when the address is on the building outline and you want to find a cafe marked as a node inside the mall for example. Thanks John On 6 January 2017 at 19:21, Gavinx wrote: > I really like the ability to select POI and obtain

Re: I don't understand how to use OsmAnd

I assume you've downloaded the area you wish to travel? Basically you start with a starting point then search for your destination and say show the route. I'd try it on a short trip first. Cheerio John On 7 January 2017 at 11:11, Terry Jones wrote: > Hi all > > I've

address of POI problem

At 45.4667192, -75.4908625 there is a node within a building outline. The building outline has the address and postcode. OSMand does not appear to use them when giving the address but grabs the street name fro the nearest street. Note there are multiple nodes within the building outline and

Re: OSM for maps on a website

A simpler way would be to use maperitive to create a .jpg or do a screen capture and edit the image just ensuring the osm street map logo is on. It's normally very simple to add a .jpg to a web site. Then trace the walk(s) in a different colour. If they have waypoints on the map document them so

Re: Osmand crashes on power disconnect/connect

Electronic equipment likes a very smooth power supply. Computers last longer when they are behind a UPS. Fifty years ago we used an electric motor / generator set that smoothed out the variations in mains power supplies. A mil spec phone might be able to withstand charging from a bicycle dynamo

Re: Osmand crashes on power disconnect/connect

On a conventional PC that has an under sized power supply it will run quite happily until the power required is greater than can be powered by the power supply. On a PC you can put a meter on the cord going to the wall then run different software on the PC. Some will use noticably more power

Re: Osmand crashes on power disconnect/connect

so only have that on when needed. > > What if I deleted most of my maps? Is Osmand searching through all of my > maps when it starts up? If I only have one country installed then maybe > that would help? I have all of Europe on my memory card at the moment. > > Thanks > &g

Re: Osmand crashes on power disconnect/connect

>What does it actually crash with (this StackOverflow entry might be useful - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3643395/how-to-get-android-crash-logs )? Does it crash when you just plug in or unplug a regular phone charger? If not, then something must be different - and perhaps broken - about

Re: Osmand crashes on power disconnect/connect

The problem is you need to isolate the phone so charging the power pack up then disconnecting it from the dynamo would work fine but having the phone connections and the dynamo connections connected would mean fluctuations still reach the phone. It would however diminish brownouts but the phone's

Re: Contour lines map painfully slow

Technically you can download the OSM data here: https://www.geofabrik.de/data/download.html then use osmconvet64 to cut out the part of California you want followed by using mapcreator http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OsmAndMapCreator to convert it to a map osmand can read in. Copy it to you

Re: Contour lines map painfully slow

Correction I don't think that applies to contour lines. Sorry John On 23 July 2017 at 10:22, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > Technically you can download the OSM data here: > https://www.geofabrik.de/data/download.html then use osmconvet64 to cut > out the part of

Re: Improving: Markers import from Google MyMaps (.KMZ) to .GPX

s where to code this in myself?* > or *refrain from further off-topic commenting*. Thank you very much. > > > > On Monday, July 3, 2017 at 4:44:32 PM UTC+2, john whelan wrote: >> >> You can create your own maps for OSMand. There are a multitude of tools >> available

Re: Improving: Markers import from Google MyMaps (.KMZ) to .GPX

would > appreciate the example, and I think some others would too! > > Best regards, > David > > > > > > On 3 July 2017 at 16:30, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You could start with OpenStreetMap rather than Google. OSMAND >> openstree

Re: Can I do this with OsmAnd?

Try the free version first. It has practically the same functionality except you are limited to downloading ten maps. Cheerio John On 9 Aug 2017 11:33 am, "Line Hansen" wrote: > Thank you Dave, for taking your time to help me :) > > An other OsmAnd user is answering

Re: Cannot Download Maps Using Wifi But Can Using Phone Data Plan

Manually download on a windows machine then copy the files over. Cheerio John On 20 May 2017 at 09:35, James Vellenga wrote: > I just installed Osmand, and was trying to download the map files, and > they won't download. After a few aborted attempts, I switched off my

Re: Cannot Download Maps Using Wifi But Can Using Phone Data Plan

y windows computer doesn't work > either, nor does downloading from my Linux box. > > Sent from my Android. > > On 20 May 2017 9:38 AM, "john whelan" <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Manually download on a windows machine then copy the files over. >> >&g

Re: Cannot Download Maps Using Wifi But Can Using Phone Data Plan

Try firefox it has a built in download manager. Cheerio John On 20 May 2017 at 18:59, James Vellenga wrote: > Frustratingly it doesn't work for me. After loading the list, once I > select a file it will tell me it is taking to long and the site cannot be > reached. > >

Re: OsmAnd+ OLD versions for old phones

d versions (1.4) of OsmAnd works fine, but current versions slow so much > and impossible to use. > > четверг, 18 мая 2017 г., 20:59:47 UTC+4 пользователь john whelan написал: >> >> The maps are version dependant. So a new map will probably not work with >> an old version. Yo

Re: Instructional video on the new elevation profile feature

r. I assume the reason is that the > elevation is now embedded in the map itself: the contour and hillshade > layers aren't needed. > > This is so far just a hunch. If I can get a confirmation here, I'll > annotate the video. > > On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 11:03:30 AM UTC-7, john whelan wrote:

Re: Instructional video on the new elevation profile feature

I'm running 2.6.3 I have downloaded Ontario today, I have downloaded contour lines and hillshades. I still do not see the elevation profile. Thoughts please. Thanks John On 5 May 2017 at 11:37, Bart Eisenberg wrote: > I've slightly tweaked this and published it. The

Map size

I live at the boundary of Ontario and Quebec so I need both maps. However most of Ontario is more than four hours drive away and I hate to think how long it would take to cycle it. Could some thought be given to making maps based on a city's location, that would save 90% of my downloads and save

Re: Instructional video on the new elevation profile feature

before. I must confess having to know where on the map to touch to display the menu might not be the easiest of tasks to a new user. Cheerio John On 5 May 2017 3:29 pm, <nickjohnston...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday, 5 May 2017 19:03:30 UTC+1, john whelan wrote: >> >> I'm

Re: Map size

rote an article about creating your own maps > especially for these kind of pruposes: http://osmand.net/ > help-online?id=technical-articles#Create_offline_maps_for_yourself. > It was written for linux but it can be easily adapted for windows. > > Harry > > 2017-05-05 23:25 GM

Re: Osm map update

31st march was 1 month and 1 week ago, its not that late yet. Cheerio John On 6 May 2017 at 15:25, Friedrich Kircher wrote: > Hi, > > I miss updates of maps for Latin America. Last update was 31 March, 2 > months and 1 week has passed and no new version is offered

Re: Navigation hickups for public transport busdrivers

In Ottawa Canada the buses are equipped with a screen about 12 inch display mounted at an angle for the bus driver to look at. They don't use OSMand but do display the position of the bus on a map and where the route is. I wonder if what they do use could be duplicated using OSMand. It might be

Subscription?

I've replaced one of my older tablets with a new new one so redownloaded OSMand paid for version. The price seems to have gone up substantially as its now seems to be a monthly fee or am I confusing something? Thanks John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Subscription?

nthly subscription is optional for the OsmAnd Live feature, for > getting map updates hourly or daily. > You not need that subscription if monthly map updates are enough for you. > > Dňa sobota, 19. mája 2018 18:02:26 UTC+2 john whelan napísal(-a): >> >> I've replaced one

Re: official address data in Osmand

If it is Open Data could it just be added to OSM? There are some hoops to jump through but once added it would be available to all. Cheerio John On 23 Oct 2017 9:45 am, "joost schouppe" wrote: > Hi, > > I just rediscovered this script that takes Belgium/Flanders

Re: Mobile Mesh Networking

I'm missing something here. OSMand can load up a map from a file. Where does the network come in? Do you wish to share a map or copy it to another device? Thanks John On 17 Jan 2018 5:06 pm, "Michael Doran" wrote: > Has anyone successfully integrated Osmand with a

Re: Osmand on a phone??

Yes but it is a smaller screen. Cheerio John On 12 February 2018 at 19:21, Tom Norton wrote: > Being quite tech challenged I have a question. We will be cycle touring in > Europe this year and I will be buying an unlocked cell phone. Can Osmand be > used on an Android

Re: Osmand on a phone??

A suggestion only buy at least a 16 gig micro SD card to go in it especially if you're thinking of putting on a few mp3s. Cheerio John On 13 February 2018 at 19:30, Tom Norton wrote: > Ni, > Here is the phone I am looking at. > http://bluproducts.com/devices/vivo-xl-2/ >

Re: OsmAnd displaying the wrong street for a POI

I also noted this sometime ago. I suspect we should enter it on github somewhere as could it be corrected please. Cheerio John On 14 February 2018 at 13:17, Angela Morley wrote: > I've noticed that OsmAnd has this habit of displaying the closest > geographic street to a

Re: live tracking without internet?

Your options are internet cafes and use a wifi connection to call home. You can send your position from your GPS but you'll need to work out how to how it. Are there any Internet cafes in the area you are travelling. OpenStreetMap has many of them but it does not include them all. Conventional

Re: live tracking without internet?

Where are your families? If they are some distance from you you will need some sort of connection. Cheerio John On 23 February 2018 at 13:10, Stojan Gajic wrote: > Sorry guys, > maybe it's a stupid question but for me it's still not clear if our > families can follow us

Re: live tracking without internet?

; > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPOT_Satellite_Messenger > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_protocol_suite > > Dne neděle 25. února 2018 14:37:21 UTC+1 john whelan napsal(a): >> >> SPOT will do it and uses satellite so doesn't need any local >> communication netw

Re: Minimum system requirements for tablet or ipad

Depending where you are located and how long you can wait a "refurbished" one might work well. Newegg.com have LG G5 H830 ( T-Mobile Version ) $150 ships from China. They seem to be new. Don't have the FM radio since they are T-mobile but they are fast, have a very good camera and display and

Re: Address search

When I do an address search I first select city or town then streets within that city and finally it gives me a list of numbers of buildings in the street. Is this the search you are using? Or are you doing something else? Is there something else that might cause it not to work? Well does

Re: Address search

I checked it in JOSM and can see no reason why it wouldn't show on an address search. Cheerio John On 9 March 2018 at 20:48, Bart Eisenberg <barteisenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > The building is indeed on OSM: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/565561288 > > On Fri, Mar 9, 2018

Re: Address search

selecting the suburb followed by the street name, > the only options that I am given are "Everglade - Dew Street" and "Orb - > Dew Street" as well as Online Search. Is there normally numbers as well as > the intersections as options? > > Thanks, > >

Re: live tracking without internet?

; carry my SPOT >> >> sg >> >> On Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 2:19:16 PM UTC+1, john whelan wrote: >>> >>> Your options are internet cafes and use a wifi connection to call home. >>> You can send your position from your GPS but you'll need to work

routing on paths for bikes

I ride a recumbent trike so width can be an issue and so can ground clearance. However I recently plotted a route and the path it selected involved a path through a park that went down a gulley, so very steep up and down portions, and additionally it was earth so after some recent rainfall the

Re: routing on paths for bikes

to use but thanks for the suggestion. I'll pull it into the device and see how it does when I play with it. Thanks John On 13 September 2018 at 17:33, Majka wrote: > > > On Thursday, 13 September 2018 23:15:09 UTC+2, john whelan wrote: >> >> I ride a recumbent trike so

Re: routing on paths for bikes

The osmand routing works if I drop in a way point to avoid the problem path. Cheerio John On Thu, 13 Sep 2018, 7:22 pm john whelan, wrote: > I looked at the web interface. Using fast bike low traffic it took me > along a fairly major narrow four lane highway that has a higher speed

Re: Colleges and Universities

In OSM it is a 61 node way. In other words fairly large. In contrast Ottawa University, Ottawa Ontario Canada has both a campus outlined and a building tagged Ottawa University. It stands out a bit more easily. St. John's College Santa Fe, NM is found quite nicely in nomation but unfortunately

Re: Old purchase of contour line plugin doesn't show in play store

Did you purchase the contours plugin from the Amazon store? If so it may not have registered on the google store. Cheerio John On Sat, May 18, 2019, 2:48 PM Richard Quint, wrote: > I purchased OsmAnd+ and the contour line plug in several years ago for my > Kindle Fire. When I tried to

Re: HGV/Truck Plugin.

I suspect the place to ask for this is on github. Cheerio John On Tue, Nov 5, 2019, 1:11 PM Peter Jombík, wrote: > we ask for it 2 years... noone answer... > > Dňa nedeľa, 3. novembra 2019 10:16:34 UTC+1 Hi There napísal(-a): >> >> >> Is there such a thing? a POI that shows/lists bridges, >>

Re: Import many (100k+) POIs into OsmAnd

If they are interesting and have the correct licence have you thought about importing them into OpenStreetMap? Be aware there is a process to do this and it might be more complex than first appears. Cheerio John On Mon, Dec 2, 2019, 12:57 PM David Bengoa Rocandio, < da...@bengoarocandio.com>

Re: Osmand routing calculation is very slow for long distance for many years

Brouter is fast and can be run on a smartphone.  It is dedicated to routing.  However it does take up resources so on a slower phone or one without so much memory OSMAND will still run without Brouter. OSMAND gets the routing job done.  It might not be the fastest on the planet but it works.

Re: Computer?

Assuming you are running windows you wiil need an Android emulator such as BlueStacks or YouWave. There are others. Cheerio John Tom Norton wrote on 2020-01-17 4:13 PM: I am REALLY tech challenged! So here is my question. I use Osmand on my Android phone and tablet. Can it be installed on

Re: Computer?

No idea but the first is slightly better known. Google may help. Sorry John On Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 7:34 PM Tom Norton, wrote: > Thanks! I have never heard of either. But then again I am "challenged""! > Is one preferably? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: gpx file transfer from PC to smartphone

Network Browser an Android app can be useful in no cables are required. Cheerio John On Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 3:31 PM Peer wrote: > You can use dropbox (or simular) > > I store tracks from my android simulator (genymotion) on my pc. Then I > copy the files with filezilla (ssh) to my phone. On my

Re: Install osmand app on serversoftware devices

If you purchased it through the Google app store any device that has the same Google name will be able to install it. Basically if it uses the same gmail address it should work. Cheerio John On Sat, Aug 8, 2020, 11:42 'e.ru...@quicknet.nl' via OsmAnd < osmand@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Hallo,

Re: How to map subway entrances?

in OSM? -CP Op 25-11-2020 om 15:28 schreef john whelan: In Ottawa Canada at Lyon station I wanted to find a route to walk to 60 Cambridge Street. The station has at least two exits one of which is closer to my destination. How do I tell OSMAND where to start?  Lyon station doesn't work

How to map subway entrances?

In Ottawa Canada at Lyon station I wanted to find a route to walk to 60 Cambridge Street. The station has at least two exits one of which is closer to my destination. How do I tell OSMAND where to start? Lyon station doesn't work well as the station is underground and I don't want to know a

Re: How to map subway entrances?

er thing is to know what > to set as the navigation point, without looking at the map nor having > knowledge of the place. > > Dne 25. listopadu 2020 18:22:17 John Whelan > napsal: > >> So you are saying that search for in OSMAND followed by directions is a >> waste of tim

Re: How to map subway entrances?

, or is hard to find/use them. Dne 25. listopadu 2020 15:28:44 john whelan napsal: In Ottawa Canada at Lyon station I wanted to find a route to walk to 60 Cambridge Street. The station has at least two exits one of which is closer to my destination. How do I tell OSMAND where to start?  Lyon

Re: How to map subway entrances?

has no idea what to search for. Dne 25. listopadu 2020 20:55:07 john whelan napsal: And that is the issue finding or adding a tag that I can search for in OSMAND. Cheerio John On Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 14:01 Poutnik Fornntp <mailto:poutnik4n...@gmail.com>> wrote: No, I have

Re: How to map subway entrances?

, Underground entrance, as well as the platforms. If I start typing 'entrance', Underground entrance is an option and then I get the option to show underground entrances on the map (or choose by name). Is that what you want? On Wed, 25 Nov 2020, 14:28 john whelan, <mailto:jwhelan0...@gmail.

Re: In search: not fidning what I can find using https://www.openstreetmap.org

Osmand uses a snapshot of the OSM database. Your address might not have been mapped when the snapshot was taken. Cheerio John On Sun, Aug 7, 2022, 11:56 Haowen Liu wrote: > I got exactly the same result as before, i.e. the street itself. After > clicking into the street I only see the several

Re: In search: not fidning what I can find using https://www.openstreetmap.org

Looking at the base data in JOSM the building has no number attached.  Time to add some building numbers I suspect. OSM Nominatim is a separate program that things like JOSM use and has it's own idiosyncrasies.  For many years it only used UK postcodes not Canadian ones. Cheerio John

Re: making files visible

Cx file Explorer might work but I don't run android 13. Cheerio John On Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 16:48 ra wrote: > please advise: I need a files manager who can see ALL files in android13, > i.e. the osmand data in android > data > net.osmand.plus. all files > managers I have tested so far just show