I tried using the Open Street Map app #OSMand in #Japan and it was so bad I don't know where to begin. Incredibly, OSMand does not understand how Japanese addresses work, because it apparently assumes all addresses must be "street" addresses. There is no such thing as a "street address" in Japan. Addresses go by neighborhoods, not streets. Most streets in Japan don't even have names. Second, all directions were ridiculously speeded up. At least twice as fast as normal spoken Japanese. My experiences trying to get from A to B in a car using OSMand were a bad joke. This app, at least in Japan, is not even at "alpha" stage. #OpenStreetMap
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Kurze Frage an die #OSM-Expert*innen:
Was muss ich bei #OSMand einstellen, damit die #Fahrrad-Navigation noch besser wird?
Tipps zu Profilen, Karten, Plugins oder anderen Einstellungen?
Freu mich über Hinweise!
#Fahrradfahren
Was muss ich bei #OSMand einstellen, damit die #Fahrrad-Navigation noch besser wird?
Tipps zu Profilen, Karten, Plugins oder anderen Einstellungen?
Freu mich über Hinweise!
#Fahrradfahren
Decided to try #Osmand app instead of #GoogleMaps and it sure was a confusing first run experience. I'm still not sure if I set it up correctly AND felt like I had to sign up to Pro to get this far. 
Building a list of #OpenStreetMap mobile apps for new contributors looking to dive a little deeper.
Editors:
- @everydoor
- @streetcomplete
- @MapComplete
- #GoMap!!
- #OpenStop
- @vespucci_editor
- #OSM_Go
Photographic Data Capture:
- #Mapillary
- @panoramax
- gitlab.com/ravenfeld/baba
Routing and Navigation:
- #OSMAnd
- @organicmaps
- Magic Earth
- Metager Maps @MetaGer
- Nunav Navigation
Edit: thanks for the tips and additions!
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@JanaDelBosco hum... no sé si entiendo bien lo que buscas.
Antes de nada, en cuestiones de mapas, encontrarás más respuestas si pones las etiquetas #OpenStreetMap y #OSM.
Tanto el anillo, como los carriles y los bicimad los veo en #OrganicMaps. Supongo que es que no te los tiene en cuenta a la hora de calcular rutas, pero imagino que si pones una estación como inicio y otra de salida, siempre podrás modificar el itinerario añadiendo algún punto intermedio. ¿no?
Otra opción es #OSMAnd, que yo dejé de usarlo al cambiar a Organic Maps, porque es una app bastante pesada frente a la ligereza de ésta última, pero también más potente.
Ahí dispones de varios mapas ciclistas y los puntos y viales van a ser los mismos, ya que son OpenStreetMap también, y puede que el enrutador te vaya mejor.
Antes de nada, en cuestiones de mapas, encontrarás más respuestas si pones las etiquetas #OpenStreetMap y #OSM.
Tanto el anillo, como los carriles y los bicimad los veo en #OrganicMaps. Supongo que es que no te los tiene en cuenta a la hora de calcular rutas, pero imagino que si pones una estación como inicio y otra de salida, siempre podrás modificar el itinerario añadiendo algún punto intermedio. ¿no?
Otra opción es #OSMAnd, que yo dejé de usarlo al cambiar a Organic Maps, porque es una app bastante pesada frente a la ligereza de ésta última, pero también más potente.
Ahí dispones de varios mapas ciclistas y los puntos y viales van a ser los mismos, ya que son OpenStreetMap también, y puede que el enrutador te vaya mejor.
Ich habe soeben die aktuelle Version der OFM (OpenFietsMap) vom 05. April, in QMapShack installiert 
Auf meinem “Navi-Handy” ist die OpenStreetMap dank OsmAnd ja ohnehin immer aktuell.
Nicht, dass ich die neueste Version unbedingt brauchen würde, aber man weiß ja nie, wohin mich mein Fahrrad führt 
Two hour mapping session with almost 300 solved #StreetComplete quests and 70 #OpenStreetMap local notes over 6 km.
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La ROM Android alternative « eOS » (@e_mydata ) a choisi l'appli #Magic_Earth pour la navigation via #GPS.
https://doc.e.foundation/maps
Non libre, mais un compromis selon eux. Je l'utilise régulièrement.
Et au rayon vraiment Libre : #OSM_And @osmandapp
https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus
doc.e.foundationMaps application
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@dasgrueneblatt Locally, you can easily display #OsmAnd favorites by just open it in #JOSM, but it does not looks very nice. For local customization, it is quite easy to enable labels with just a few clicks in #QGIS. Or (esp. if you want to publish the map) you can use service like https://umap.openstreetmap.de (you also need to enable labels either as always-on or on-popup in GPX layer)
umap.openstreetmap.deuMap - Online map creatoruMap lets you create maps with OpenStreetMap layers in a minute and embed them in your site.
I have lots of favorites (starred places) in #OSMand and I want to view them on a map on a bigger screen, not just on the phone. When I export them, I get a favorites.gpx file.
As far as I understand, these are waypoints on a track?
I opened the file in the nextcloud map, and it displays the points, but without any text.
The entries look like this:
<wpt lat="51.5320587" lon="-0.1773316">
<time>2025-01-18T22:23:30Z</time>
<name>Abbey Road Crossing</name>
<extensions>
<osmand:amenity_subtype>attraction</osmand:amenity_subtype>
<osmand:address>Abbey Road (South Hampstead), Camden Town</osmand:address>
<osmand:amenity_origin>Amenity:Abbey Road Crossing: tourism:attraction</osmand:amenity_origin>
I tried converting the file to (geo)json, but so far the file has come out empty. I realize I don't really know what I'm looking for. It doesn't have to be nextcloud compatible at all, that was just the first thing I had on hand.
I would like to see the points and their names on a map on a bigger screen.
Any suggestions please?
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@kasimir
#OsmAnd nutzt auch #OSM Daten und ist meiner Meinung nach besser als #OrganicMaps beim Fahrrad-Routing.
Hilarious #OsmAnd routing failure: bike from one neighbourhood to the next in Helsinki, through Stockholm. Only 545 km detour. The voice was outraged that "You have deviated from the path by 60 m!?".
(I think this happened because I have geolocation disabled until a moment before. When you re-enable, it takes a little while for the "real" location to propagate, and a random previous location from the cache is used. When the map updated, the route did not.)
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@eliasp thanks for that link. helpful info.
i tried to look before but i only found this wiki page which was less detailed: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Item:Q230
> diet:vegan, Whether the establishment offers vegan products.
now i wonder whether it's possible to actually search for these #vegan only restaurants somehow, in #organicmaps or #osmand, or whether i should kindly suggest it be implemented ...
wiki.openstreetmap.orgdiet:veganWhether the establishment offers vegan products.
Hallo Fediverse,
kürzlich hatte ich bei einer Unterhaltung das Thema GoogleMaps. Es wurde gesagt, dass die Sympathie ja auch nicht bei Google liege, jedoch mache man davon Gebrauch, da dort die [POI] so unkompliziert zu finden und mit Zusatzinformationen befüllt sind. Ich selbst verwende #osmand.
Gibt es weitere Alternativen, die ich vorschlagen könnte (besonders zur Online-Nutzung)?
#unplugtrump
An even better Komoot alternative? – OsmAnd
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Jour 8 : Sortie progressive des #GAFAM
Google Maps → Quelle Alternative???
Vous saviez que chaque fois que vous utilisez Google Maps, vos trajets, vos recherches et vos habitudes sont enregistrés et vendus à des entreprises ? 
Les assureurs, les agences de pub, les géants du retail et même les gouvernements sont intéressés par ces données.
Alternatives open-source et respectueuses de la vie privée :
Organic Maps : Léger, rapide et parfait pour les déplacements hors ligne. OpenStreetMap : La carte collaborative, gratuite et sans traçage. OsmAnd : Fonctionnalités avancées avec navigation hors ligne et cartographie détaillée.
#FediAsk / #BikeTooter : Is there a #free and #opensource software ( #FOSS ) on #Android for #bike #navigation which allows to upload a #GPX route, *easily* and quickly modify it before as well as *during* navigation, and at the end download the GPX file? I love the #OsmAnd navigation tool, but, since I am by far not a #geek ,somehow fail to quickly modify the tracks.
Thank you.