[Talk-GB] OSMTracker for Android - detailed survey of paths & tracks layout

[Rob Nickerson]

Sure I get that from a code point of view, although I was surprised Google
allowed 2 almost identical versions (name and logo) on the store.
Personally I was coming from a marketing and user friendliness point of
view. It's confusing for users and will probably cost the new developer
time in the long run as he/she will probably get some issues raised on
GitHub that relate to the "other" OSM Tracker.

Would have thought a rebrand would have been useful if no way to get the
old app down. Likewise I would have thought a few minutes to make the app
look more maintained on the OSM wiki (e.g. update screenshots, removal of
PDA survey) would of been a help to attract new users.

Anyway, not an issue for me (as I don't use it) so I won't loose any sleep
over this one. Certainly not "upset" just confused by the situation.

*Rob*


On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 at 12:45, Andy Townsend <ajt1047 at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Why on earth are there 2 versions of OSMTracker for Android on the Play
> store?!
>
> It's open source software, so it's fairly technically straightforward to
> "clone, modify and resubmit".  What restrictions Google put on this sort of
> thing currently I don't know, but I suspect they're mostly limited to an
> API usage check and a " dodgy code behaviour" check (that'd be the case for
> an Enterprise Play Store submission).
>
> > Which is the right one and how to get an old one removed?
>
> Maybe there isn't one "right one" ?  My recollection was that there was a
> problem with OSM-hosted tile usage in one of the versions (which may have
> been since resolved) and there was a bit of a delay getting it fxed.
> Perhaps someone fixed it in "another" version in the meantime?
>
> Whatever it is, I'd suggest that the best place to ask the question would
> be to the relevant app authors via the Play Store support link, or github
> (at least one of them has a public issues list there).
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Andy
>
>
>
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