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...<br>
<br>Still I think with all the other requirements you have, OsmAND is your best bet.<br><br>Jo<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/11/29 Steve Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stevagewp@gmail.com" target="_blank">stevagewp@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Jo,<br> 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:<br>
1) Menu | Settings | Offline data (Download)<br>2) Expand "Offline maps (vector)<br>3) Hold down on each offline map until 'deactivate' appears, which you choose.<br>4) Back out to Settings, select "Online maps"<br>
5) Select "Online and tile maps"<br><br>To then choose which one actually shows:<br>6) Menu | Define view | Map source...<br>7) Pick one<br><br>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.)<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>Steve</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Jo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:winfixit@gmail.com" target="_blank">winfixit@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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.<div>
<br></div><div>I didn't do it then, hoping somebody else would have a better suggestion.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Polyglot<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/11/24 Steve Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stevagewp@gmail.com" target="_blank">stevagewp@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hi all,<br> I'm looking for a recommendations of mobile apps to recommend, for people visiting rail trails in Australia. What we* need is:<br><br>Must have:<br>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.<br>
2) Should by default use bicycle rendering (OpenCycleMap or other), or be very easy to change to that.<br>3) We'll need a recommendation for both iPhone and Android.<br><br>Nice to have:<br>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).<br>
5) Features like "food/drink near here" would be a bonus.<br>6) Ability to also choose Google Maps would be a bonus.<br>7) Ability to route along bike paths (ie, rail trails) would be nice.<br><br>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.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Steve<br><br>* we = Rail Trails Australia<br>
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