That much works as far as making a backup copy. But then I wanted to expand descriptions so that e.g. restaurants would have a detailed description of the food. The favourites.gpx file has MSDOS carriage returns, so I piped it through dos2unix and edited in emacs. Then I ran the file through unix2dos before pushing it back to the device while OSMand was not running:
Most of my edits were to simply add a descrption with the <desc> tag. Some of my changes involved color modifications to the icons by simply changing the hex inside the tags like this:
I have noticed that OSMAnd has all kinds of icons and symbols to represent different attributes of objects. For example, if the Sport tag is equal to a certain value, it might have a certain icon, and if it's a different value, it might have a different icon.
I want to update some of these icons to better represent the things that are written in the OSM Wiki.
I'm not an app developer so I'm not sure exactly how to contribute but I'm guessing that if it's just checking icons and stuff like that I should be able to contribute myself.
I tried looking over the repository and I couldn't really figure out where to start from so if anyone here can just point me in the right direction I will go over and start reading the code but currently I'm not sure where to start from and I would appreciate it if anyone can point me to a specific file or section that I should look at.
Osmand doesn't appear to be able to locate street addresses. Like if I input something like "123 4th Street" all it can do is offer some cross streets, which may be miles away from my intended location.
Is there a way to augment it's data so street addresses work? Maybe there's a service I can add?
Similarly, it doesn't know the names of many businesses.
OSMand used to only crash 1 or 2 times per trip. It was usable enough. Now recently something changed with my config somehow and it shows extreme detail no matter how zoomed out I am. Every tiny street is being rendered. This is killing the app. It crashes so chronically it’s unusable.
Anyone know how to control this?
In “configure map” I have disabled everything except cycling routes. The “details” shows 0/9, which apparently only configures objects, not street details.
(edit) I think the “map magnifier” might be the issue. It was at 25% (the lowest), which I would intuitively think means less road detail. But it’s apparently counter-intuitive. I chose 100% and I seem to get less map detail -- which is what I need because the more detail, the more crashes. So I might have solved this.. need to experiment.
I would like to contribute to the maps for my area by creating and uploading various POIs as I come across them in my daily use. To get familiar with the system I decided to add a known to me florist. I found the exact location using google maps, opened it in OsmAnd+, and went through the process to add all its details (address, phone, website, type, etc). However when I decide to upload it, signing in with username and password, I get the error in the image attached. Anyone know what the problem is and how I can solve it?
Edit: App Info
OsmAnd+ 4.6.12, Released: 2024-01-16
Whoever designed the OSM db either never uses ATM machines or they have never experienced anything like the ATM disaster in Netherlands. The OSM db has most ATM brands incorrect for Netherlands and seriously needs more fields so travelers can actually find a functioning ATM.
brands are mostly incorrect
Pick any Dutch city. Search » Categories » custom search » Finance » ATM. The brands are mostly misinfo. These ATM brands do not exist anywhere in Netherlands:
Rabobank
ABN AMRO
Ing
SNS
All those banks removed all their ATM machines and joined a monopolistic consortium called “Geldmaat”. There is generally an ATM at those locations but it’s always a Geldmaat ATM. So a simple find and replace is needed on all the Dutch maps.
For indoor ATMs, the brand is often incorrectly named after the shop it’s in. That’s useful for finding it but still missing important info: the actual ATM brand. ATM brand is very important because different ATM brand