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
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