osmand

Hi davidvj, hi Daniel,

you can do that with “set point” (“Punkt wählen” in german).
After that you can go to “Search” and do a postion or a address search => “navigate to”
In the last step the “route” button shows you the new route.
I must admit it’s not very intuitive.

osmand Version 0.6.6

Ciao,
Frank

Not any more by now. They use their own vector format.

http://osmand.net/

See t Osmand’s Google Code project at http://code.google.com/p/osmand/

On this site ( in the left margin) you can choose OsmAndMapCreator- which lets
you make your own .obf files from .osm | .osm.bz2 | osm.pbf files for offline use.

But you can download there prefabricated .obf files for your Android too.
(A service like Lambertus has for the Garmin).

Nederland is excluded. Apparently because it’s ‘to big’. :wink:

But what about the offline vector map that is called “Netherlands europe”?

According to the list of available map files in Osmand app it has a date from 06.10.2011 and has a size of 368,3 MBytes as a zip file.

Note:

recently assembled maps of Osmand that are offered to download now include all POI data … aso it is no more necessary to download the extra POI obf file if you use vector maps.

Osmand does not show that file (Download offline data). And http://code.google.com/p/osmand/downloads/list
either under ‘Current downloads’ or ‘All downloads’.

Think you have to refresh the download list.

Or can you give a download link?

EDIT:Found it on http://code.google.com/p/osmand/downloads/list?num=100&start=300
But packed in two zip files.

What was the program to put them together?

But for sure Osmand is showing the netherlands file from a freshly downloaded list in the app itself.

But it is also an option to download map data files separatly from code.google.com like you are going to do.

To combine the two zip files try the following:

  1. download the latest OsmAndMapCreator-development.zip from http://download.osmand.net/latest-night-build/

  2. uncompress to any folder on your desktop PC where you have an up-tp date JAVA installation as well.

  3. run inspector.bat via Windows commandline or inspector.sh via Linux command line, and read the text that is coming up on the screen. There are some hints and options to combine single *.obf files to one.

  4. Tell us about success or failure :slight_smile:

Long time I haven’t use it, but will give a try now that there are vector maps for offline use. Have someone test the address search for housenumbers? Is that working well?
tnxs

Osmand | Download offline data shows:

POI
Netherlands europe (zip)

the ‘Map, Transport,Address’ file is missing.

Ok. But I downloaded the files
Netherlands_europe_1.obf.zip-1
Netherlands_europe_1.obf.zip-2

On Windows 7 changed one to Netherlands_europe_1.obf.zip but the
unpacker tells that its is empty.

So my question changes from “What was the program to put them together?” to
Which program do I need to unzip them?

Wouldn’t a usefull unzipper make one .obf file from them already?

Mmm… updated osmand with the latest build from osmand.net.
Thats version 0.6.9… I used 0.5.1 ;-).

Now the Map, Transport,Address’ Netherlands europe (zip)
was showing up.

Downloaded more than 300 MB.

But this new version has troubles displaying Nederland on low zoom.
It complains with ‘not enough memory to display selected area’.
After that it will not render new views.

The old version does all zoom levels. It does even so after
the new version refused to display and is still in memory.

Try to deactivate the “native rendering” option in Osmand’s settings at “development”, scroll down to see that in settings.

This issue is already in discussion according to https://groups.google.com/group/osmand/t/d30c2f33b5dd2873

Native rendering was not checked.

This was on a tablet with screen resolution 1024x600
and 1GB RAM.

Installed it on a phone with hardly a quarter of that RAM. 340x480.

Here the latest osmand_development renders ok.

Osmand is so great!

Will read the link later. Thanks.

Address search on houses/buildings works great in Osmand.

OsmAnd is a great application. The offline vector maps sometimes seem to crash my Xperia Active due to running out of memory, but I guess I can live with that.

Are there OsmAnd developers on this forum? I am new to Android programming, but am familiar with Java, and I write C/C++ on Linux for living.

I would like to improve the GPX recording capabilities of OsmAnd. So far, I have recorded a few traces with MyTracks, but I do not like the bundling to Google Maps nor the way the ANT+Sport support has been implemented. GPX allows custom extensions, so I believe that it should be possible to record things like the following:
• temperature
• barometric pressure (for more accurate elevation data)
• compass bearing
• accelerometer data (for determining the smoothness of the surface when the devices is mounted on bicycle handlebars)
• ANT+Sport sensor data (mainly for applications like MyTourbook, but also to augment GPS with an alternative stream of position from odometer+compass)
• battery level (might be interesting to see if the accuracy of some readings depend on the battery level)

The Osmand developers are not present at this forum.

A better place is definitively the official Osmand mailing list that you can subscribe via http://code.google.com/p/osmand/

Hi, before opening a further issue on Osmand’s tracker page:

Using latest dev-build master#750 downloaded today on a motorola defy with Android 2.2.2

In the last few days I have been around an area where some POIs were missing, so I tried the “add POI” functionality of Osmand the first time.

After long tapping on the screen in an empty area to select “Create POI” I added only the name of a restaurant or a shop to store the minimal information about it. This was repeated with a dozen of POIs during my walk.

Afterwards I wanted to edit these offline saved POIs at Settings → General Settings → Locally saved OSM points.

There, the newly created POIs are listed in green letters, whereas old POIs from OSM data are listed in violet letters if you edited them.

Two issues:

  1. I am not able to edit the green newly POIs afterwards. Is this feature missing indeed or am I blind?

  2. when I choose “Delete POI modification” for such a green POI, it seems to be no more listed there, but when I go back in Osmand’s menu and then reenter “Locally saved OSM points”, this formerly green deleted POI reappers again. Can someone reproduce this???

(Also there is http://code.google.com/p/osmand/issues/detail?id=908 dealing with POI handling …)

Stephan

Hi,
I have a OpenCycleMap and a CycleMap Layer in OSMAND(0.7.2a).

Is there any difference between these 2 layers?

Chris

can someone tell me how long it is to see my own changes in osm in my androidapp ( osmand+)
kind regards
gandalf

Tell us first whether you are using tile data for map display or the compressed vector maps offered by OsmAnd’s website.

If you download the list with available map files from within the Osmand app, a date is shown when the obf file was produced, and the date of the map fuile that is already stored on your device.

If you are using tile data, I think they are pulled directly from one of OSM’s tile servers … so changes should appear quickly there.

CycleMap:

http://code.google.com/p/osmand/source/browse/DataExtractionOSM/src/net/osmand/map/TileSourceManager.java

OpenCycleMap:

http://code.google.com/p/osmand/source/browse/config/site/tile_sources.xml

I updated to OsmAnd 0.8, and I must say that it is a huge improvement over the previous version. My biggest complaint is that I would have preferred to compile maps myself, but I was unable to find a compatible OsmAndMapCreator. So, I downloaded the precompiled offline vector map (basemap and two country maps), which work fine. Offline bicycle routing still does not work well in urban areas, but it is inherently much more difficult than car routing. At least the recalculation will not freeze the whole software, as it would do in the Garmin Edge 705. I will not miss the Garmin much. Good job!