Great! Looks like the splits are somehow useful. :)
Language labels can be easily switched using the Menu options inside the
app. In the latest version of OsmAnd, select your map language in
options Configure map -> Map language.[1] In older versions(>2.0), this
is under General settings -> Localization -> Map preferred language.[2]
Changing map language is the built in feature. Since the OsmAnd uses
offline vector maps, changes like this are rendered on the fly[3].
The current OsmAnd version has only Hindi enabled in the list and
hopefully upcoming releases may include other indic languages like
Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, etc.,.[4] I'll also be adding Kannada to the
list. But right now, except Kannada and Marathi, objects in OSM data
with other Indic langauges are very less and we need to improve this to
make them show up on map.[5]
[1]http://i.imgur.com/wSW2uHK.png
[2]http://i.imgur.com/uDyn34J.jpg
[3]http://i.imgur.com/D1EWdlH.gif
[4]https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd-tools/blob/master/OsmAndMapCreator/src/net/osmand/osm/MapRenderingTypesEncoder.java#L33
[5]http://taginfo.openstreetmap.in/search?q=name%3A
cheers,
yogi
On Thursday 18 June 2015 08:55 AM, Onkar Shinde wrote:
I noticed this too few days ago when I was planning to update India
map. So I deleted India map and only downloaded
Maharashtra map.
Can you confirm how did you enable the Hindi/Marathi names in the map
data? Is that built in now or is it a custom built map?
Cheers,
Onkar
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 7:12 PM, Yogesh योगि
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hey everyone,
Good news for OsmAnd users! Regionwise offline maps of India are now
available for download directly from the app. May be they were available
after the latest UI update but I gotta see it now when I tried to update my
offline map data. The regions are split as per the admin boundaries of
State(29) and UT regions(7)[1], so instead of downloading the whole
India(<200MB), users can get only the smaller size State's map which they
need. Currently, although India map data is not as big as countries like
Germany/France, this can still help users here considering the mobile data
connectivity and the growing OSM mappers in India which may result in
increased map data too.
Also the Hindi rendering in OsmAnd looks great![2]. :) And going by the size
of maps, including Maharastra, other south Indian states constitute more
than 50% of Indian OSM data. Few UTs and most North-eastern states are less
than one MB, may be because of their smaller area coverage and less mapping.
I guess there are quite a few users of OsmAnd[3] here. For those who haven't
heard of it yet, its a open-source map viewing and navigation application
for offline(vector) and online(raster/tile) OSM maps. Its mainly used with
offline vector maps(that have several advantages over raster/tile maps) and
one of the very few open-source OSM apps which supports vector maps. OsmAnd
is currently available for Android and iOS on Playstore[4]/F-droid[5] and on
Appstore[6]. Get it now and see your contributed OpenStreetMap data in
action! I've been using it for past one year and had submitted couple of
pull requests few months back to include India regions in the app.
[1]https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/India#Indian_states
[2]http://i.imgur.com/nPZ9CyK.jpg
[3]http://osmand.net/
[4]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus
[5]https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.osmand.plus
[6]https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id934850257
cheers,
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