osmand

This is a very good application. Thanks a lot to the developpers!

How can we update the vector maps?

Osmand releases new versions of maps every now and then. If you go to Settings>offline data> you can check if there is a new version. (make sure you have internet connection) If the mapname is blue there is. you then push the download button. If it’s green you have the latest version

Thank you very much!

I just tried invoking OsmAndMapCreator, downloaded a couple of weeks ago.

The splitter+mkgmap takes only a couple of minutes on my quad-core laptop. The OsmAndMapCreator seems to take at least one hour. Is there some work in progress to make the compilation faster? Also, is there a non-GUI front-end that simply takes the finland.osm.pbf that I downloaded from Geofabrik?

The OsmAndMapCreator process seems to be I/O bound. I assume that even during the rare periods when the hard disk LED is turned off, the program is only using one CPU core.

I am not a programmer, but quite familiar with Osmand and the related elements that have to be processed by MapCreator.

The main developers Victor and Pavol are very busy with improving Osmand at all, but I would like to ask them:

Does it make sense to run Mapcreator wit a profiler program like Valgrind or others to see where it can be speeded up?

This question would be better placed at Osmand’s googlegroups forum.

Stephan

Hi folks, using Osmand on HTC Explorer with the maps from the osmand server.

I’m in Wellington, New Zealand. Have been trying out directions for the last couple of days and really impressed !

The OSM data is pretty good for this region as far as street names is concerned, but very little data in house numbers. I found some examples in Auckland, and checked to see that the address search finds them.

My question is about Transportation search.

For Transportation, I just get some text “Transportation results (5.81 km to target)”. Not able to click on the “Find more” button, it is disabled. How do I get this to work ?

The POI search works ok, just very little data in the Wellington Region… Guess I am going to have to get cracking on updating OSM :slight_smile:

Hi,
what does the double-slash (“//”) in line 47 mean in the default render rules ?
http://code.google.com/p/osmand/source/browse/DataExtractionOSM/src/net/osmand/render/default.render.xml
Chris

I was using osmandmapcreator with bash script to run it in cli with no gui. It works much faster
Later I wanted to upload maps to osmand server but there were some upload problems.
After that they created jenkins setup which allows me to upload it automatically over ssh.
Now i do it over jenkins.

http://code.google.com/p/osmand/wiki/OsmandMapUpdates

Did anyone heard if OsmAnd is gona include admin levels to search inside city boundaries?
Until know seems to use only the node with the tag place, right?

I managed to do that as well, but it was still taking something like an hour for Finland, using only one CPU core.
splitter+mkgmap does that in maybe 5 or 10 minutes on 4 cores in parallel.
I got the (possibly wrong) impression that OsmAndMapCreator is using sqlite for temporary storage. mkgmap is using main memory data structures, which is fine if the map is split into tiles (whose maximum size is dictated by the Garmin format).

Is OsmAndMapCreator creating a reduced map for higher zoom levels? Is there a high-level description of the OsmAnd vector map format somewhere?

Yes.

No.

https://code.google.com/p/osmand/wiki/MapAddressDataStructure

Yes.

No, only source code.

Could anyone here explain what ‘Time to go’ means? Thanks!

Remaining/elapsed journey time (routing).
Tap on the widget to toggle between remaining and elapsed journey time.

Thanks, Mondschein, much appreciated.

One of my sons is disabled but perhaps with the help of OsmAnd he could take walks on his own. Hopefully! What I have in mind is me setting up a route for him to walk along with five or six stops on the way. A walk from his flat and of course back to his flat. Is this possible to do in OsmAnd? I really think it is but I would like to have some step by step instructions in this matter. Thanks in advance for your feedback.

@LeiLar,

You are right this is possible. However, I think it is not easy to use even if you have set it up fully.

The way I do this is based on the GPS track in the Android device.

The simplest way is to do the walk yourself (can also by bike or car) and record the walk in the device. Some instructions can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/osmand/wiki/HowToArticles

Alternatively you can record the walk on a GPS device and store it in the following directory: \OSMAND\tracks.

Third method is what you seem to have in mind. Use the navigation of OSMAND. In your case you need to know well how to evaluate the outcome, as it does not always do logical things for the setting "walking.
Select the “destination” on the map (keep your finger on the screen where the destination should be en select destination”.)
Select waypoint 1 (keep your finger on the screen where the waypoint should be en select waypoint”),
and so forth until you have selected the last way point.
Finally keep your finger on the start point on the map and Select “show route from here”.

OSMAND prompts you for the type of route, select walking and wait till the route has been calculated (now its your time for coffee ;).

It will show you the track and you have to verify it!!! If it has unwanted parts, you have to take points out and try to redefine it, till you have a satisfying route.

Open Route details (under menu, different at each smartphone and tablet) and click “save route as GPX file.

Three methods are from here again the same.

Ensure that no destination or gpx routes are in the OSMAND open (close them all under the menu).

Go tot the menu and click directions. Select gpx route and select the track you just made.
It will load and then choose the the appropriate direction (as created or reverse).

Now you can follow that route.

The standard in OSMAND is the system language. You can switch that (temporarily) to English may be reducing confusion over the instructions.

Hope this is sufficient detail for you, success

Hugo

Thanks a bundle! I’ll have a go at it later today.

One short question about translation:
String 37 Recording layer
Could anyone please explain? Where can I see this string in action? What does it mean?

How do I copy favorites etc in OsmAnd from e.g. a Nexus 7 onto my son’s cellphone?