I guess this thread was too big so will put the most important of these questions in separate threads that are hopefully less intimidating for people to reply to :-}
On Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 3:58:55 PM UTC+2, Francesco Puccettone wrote: > > Hello to all in this OsmAnd group! > > I have just discovered this app, and as a longtime Google- and Here-Maps > enthusiast, I am keen to learn to use OsmAnd at a more advanced level, to > be able to rely on it during my hikes. > > I have a bunch of questions that I was not able to clarify for myself, > maybe people in here can help if they have time. Thank you! :-} > > --Francesco > > > 1. Since OsmAnd does not have a desktop version, and openstreetmap.org > does not allow customising navigation routes, what is the best tool for > planning hiking/cycling routes with custom waypoints, and later navigate > them in OsmAnd by loading the GPX file? Google Maps is no good as it > (still) doesn't know many footpaths etc. So far I only know of Komoot, > but > their desktop interface is not very advanced for routing - for instance, > the autocomplete search is abysmal, and as soon as you add waypoints by > name, it forgets that name and renames them Waypoint 1, 2, .. . > 2. For cycling directions, OsmAnd has a set of very useful "Driving > style" options (e.g. to avoid main roads), but is it possible to define a > similar set of preferences for computed walking routes? Preferences like > trying as much as possible to avoid roads and prefer mountain paths, even > if it means a detour. Without such preferences, one has to constantly > define "avoid" points along the route. > 3. For a given point on the map (road), how can I see its exact road > category (for instance, street/footpath/rough path/cycle > lane/bridleway/etc)? Referring to the MapLegend is not very convenient > (too > many taps away), and even then, the different categories are hard to > distinguish for people who are colour-blind. > 4. Right-clicking on the map in the desktop version of OSM (osm.org) > brings up the QueryFeatures options, which is great for seeing very > detailed information about surrounding POIs. How can this feature be > accessed in OsmAnd to see detail like that on demand, without having to > turn on every possible layer of detail to be visible at all times? > 5. A critical navigation feature is to quickly toggle the zoom between > the default (zoomed in) level, and the zoom level just "high" enough to > show an overview of the entire route. In Google Maps, route-overview is > achieved by tapping the bifurcation icon in the bottom bar, which then > creates a Recenter button. Can such a feature somehow be achieved in > OsmAnd? > 6. During cycling navigation, with the compass set to follow the > direction of movement, I noticed that, after a turn, the map sometimes > only > partly rotates, such that instead of the direction of movement pointing > upwards on the screen, it is instead pointing at some other angle. I > noticed that a tap on the screen will rotate the map as expected, however > to keep doing that during cycling is unsafe and inconvenient. Is this a > known bug? > 7. Many parts of my offline maps are rendered with what appear to be > artefacts (see screenshot below). Is this an issue with my phone's GFX, or > just the way the OSM map tiles are normally rendered? > 8. How can I hide overhead power lines and towers? I find those > distracting when hiking (alpine running), when I need instead to quickly > distinguish between useful lines (contour lines, paths etc). I saw no > specific layers for power lines in the Hide/POI menus (hiding all > "Overground objects" is obviously overkill). > 9. When tapping on certain POIs, the POI type is not displayed even in > the details. For instance nowhere is the word 'tree' displayed when > tapping > on a tree symbol on the map. Some POI icons are obviously more arbitrary > and harder to guess though. > 10. During navigation, is it possible to have two separate panels for > arrival time and remaining time in the top-right corner, rather than these > always sharing a single panel that has to be tapped to toggle between them? > 11. For a given point on the map, how can I see the exact steepness > (in %) at that point, without having to define a navigation route? > 12. How can I have my Hide configuration remembered between navigation > routes, e.g. next time when I define a route, to have the "hide house > numbers" tickbox still checked, as I had done for the previous route? > > [image: 1.jpg] > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OsmAnd" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to osmand+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/02ba9df4-5f6b-46fa-a298-778b7d168b61o%40googlegroups.com.
