It's probably because I somehow stumbled through the first 5 steps while discovering the possibilities of the app that I don't remember how complicated it was. Now I simply use step 6 to toggle between the views I use most often (additional GPX with the part of the walking network I already 'discovered'/Bing/Mapnik). I should figure out how I could add the hiking symbols from Lonvia someday...
Still I think with all the other requirements you have, OsmAND is your best bet. Jo 2012/11/29 Steve Bennett <[email protected]> > Hi Jo, > Yeah, OsmAnd does everything - but it's pretty complicated. Switching > between offline and online maps (a pretty basic task) is really hard (and > very hard to remember). To go to online maps you seem to have to: > 1) Menu | Settings | Offline data (Download) > 2) Expand "Offline maps (vector) > 3) Hold down on each offline map until 'deactivate' appears, which you > choose. > 4) Back out to Settings, select "Online maps" > 5) Select "Online and tile maps" > > To then choose which one actually shows: > 6) Menu | Define view | Map source... > 7) Pick one > > Hmm...written out it doesn't sound that bad, but it took quite a lot of > fumbling around to get that far. (I guess the problem is the OsmAnd authors > think of vector and tile maps as completely different functions, > implemented completely differently, but for the user, they're just two > variations on a theme.) > > Steve > > > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Jo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I wanted to tell you a few days ago that OsmAnd does all you want. Maybe >> write a small manual page for it, for the subset of features your users >> need. >> >> I didn't do it then, hoping somebody else would have a better suggestion. >> >> Polyglot >> >> 2012/11/24 Steve Bennett <[email protected]> >> >>> Hi all, >>> I'm looking for a recommendations of mobile apps to recommend, for >>> people visiting rail trails in Australia. What we* need is: >>> >>> Must have: >>> 1) It has to be simple to use. There are lots of powerful apps like >>> OSMand, Locus etc, but they're incredibly complex, with lots of features we >>> don't need. >>> 2) Should by default use bicycle rendering (OpenCycleMap or other), or >>> be very easy to change to that. >>> 3) We'll need a recommendation for both iPhone and Android. >>> >>> Nice to have: >>> 4) Easy-to-use offline tile downloading/use would be a bonus. >>> (Personally I find it pretty complex switching between offline vector >>> rendering and online tiles in the apps I mentioned before). >>> 5) Features like "food/drink near here" would be a bonus. >>> 6) Ability to also choose Google Maps would be a bonus. >>> 7) Ability to route along bike paths (ie, rail trails) would be nice. >>> >>> Once we've chosen an app, we're going to have to give instructions like >>> "download the app, push this button to change to cycle mode, push this >>> button to download tiles" etc, so the simpler the better. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Steve >>> >>> * we = Rail Trails Australia >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >>> >>> >> >
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