[OSM-talk] Recommendations for OSM mobile app?

Jo winfixit at gmail.com
Thu Nov 29 08:38:41 GMT 2012


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...

Still I think with all the other requirements you have, OsmAND is your best
bet.

Jo

2012/11/29 Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com>

> Hi Jo,
>   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:
> 1) Menu | Settings | Offline data (Download)
> 2) Expand "Offline maps (vector)
> 3) Hold down on each offline map until 'deactivate' appears, which you
> choose.
> 4) Back out to Settings, select "Online maps"
> 5) Select "Online and tile maps"
>
> To then choose which one actually shows:
> 6) Menu | Define view | Map source...
> 7) Pick one
>
> 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.)
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Jo <winfixit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> I didn't do it then, hoping somebody else would have a better suggestion.
>>
>> Polyglot
>>
>> 2012/11/24 Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com>
>>
>>>  Hi all,
>>>   I'm looking for a recommendations of mobile apps to recommend, for
>>> people visiting rail trails in Australia. What we* need is:
>>>
>>> Must have:
>>> 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.
>>> 2) Should by default use bicycle rendering (OpenCycleMap or other), or
>>> be very easy to change to that.
>>> 3) We'll need a recommendation for both iPhone and Android.
>>>
>>> Nice to have:
>>> 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).
>>> 5) Features like "food/drink near here" would be a bonus.
>>> 6) Ability to also choose Google Maps would be a bonus.
>>> 7) Ability to route along bike paths (ie, rail trails) would be nice.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> * we = Rail Trails Australia
>>>
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>>
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