- I've tried searching for places that I know and am not having much luck,
for instance plotting a course to my sons house, his street extends beyond
what the map shows, the app is picking a spot a couple miles away and
also taking me across a toll bridge.
It's a good starting point but it would be nice to just put my finger on the
screen and make a new destination point and maybe point in another spot
and reroute this way.
I would like to see popup options that make it easy to edit trip course without
the need to go to a menu.
I think the app will get there, good work so far.
Also is it possible to take advantage of the Open Street Maps that are already
downloaded on my playbook through mapdroid.Last edited by Mr_Bunny; 05-08-12 at 09:15 AM. Reason: added a question
05-08-12 09:04 AMLike 0 -
When tracking (no route loaded) the icon moves across the map, all the way to the edge of the screen, then off. The map doesn't scroll by itself (I need to manually pan). I see that the icon has crosshairs but I don't know which option to select to make this work correctly.
Great start to a potentially wonderful application!05-08-12 09:11 AMLike 0 - Ok I think this the answer to one of my questions too...but I don't think i understand the question yet.
When tracking (no route loaded) the icon moves across the map, all the way to the edge of the screen, then off. The map doesn't scroll by itself (I need to manually pan). I see that the icon has crosshairs but I don't know which option to select to make this work correctly.
Great start to a potentially wonderful application!05-08-12 09:16 AMLike 0 - The waypoint markers on the route can be dragged to a new location and the route will be automatically re-routed. This includes any inserted "via" points. If you have a lot of "via" points, there is a choice to optimize the route (under guidance/options) (ala traveling salesmen needs).05-08-12 09:33 AMLike 0
- Okay here is the thing I don't understand: With cache set to 100MB and saving the pending tiles completely and then losing wifi signal, nothing works concerning the maps. All I get is a white screen with loading tiles. What is the cache and saving tiles for then? Where did this go?
If the cache is set to zero, no pending tiles are saving. So I set it to 100MB, and then it saves all the pending tiles which took about 1MB. As soon as I try to zoom in, the screen turns white with a bunch of "loading" tiles.
I just don't understand how the app works.05-08-12 10:06 AMLike 0 - We are going to increase the limit to 10GB in 3.1. We just want to protect the user from filing up their device too much. But since some people mentioned they travel a lot, they may need it.Willard814 likes this.05-08-12 10:14 AMLike 1
- Back to caching - there is no end to saving tiles. An additional option in maps to prevent new tiles from being saved would make the application faster and more efficient.
In many cases I just want to 'look around' and don't want to save.
This could be achieved by having an option not to cache ( without clearing what has been stored to date ) or suspending tile save and deleting uncached tiles.05-08-12 10:18 AMLike 0 - Set the Cache Limit to "No Caching". It does not remove any tiles previously saved.Willard814 likes this.05-08-12 10:28 AMLike 1
- I'm still having trouble with this thing. I tried searching for an address and it returns nothing. it seems to have a mind of its own. it went from fairly simple to quite a mess. it will take time to adjust.
the 2 gb cashe limit hides under the export button so you can't hit it.
Sent from my BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps using TapatalkLast edited by KennethD; 05-08-12 at 10:34 AM.
05-08-12 10:30 AMLike 0 - For address search, enter minimally state,country. But you can add more by either "city,state,country" or "street,city,state,country". The last city, state country is saved so you only have to enter the lower level information next time (eg, just the street if in the same city).
We know about the menu issue. Thanks.05-08-12 10:42 AMLike 0 - 05-08-12 10:45 AMLike 0
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No doubt that the tile concept has its place in certain applications but as offfline maps it has too many restrictions - I don't see it working.
Back to OsmAnd for me for now . Looking forward to 3.105-08-12 11:20 AMLike 0 -
- 05-08-12 11:25 AMLike 0
- I get this error when I turn on navigation...
It detects my location
I select a point on the road by matching it to the cross
And then I select get directions...
It gives me an error saying... " An error occurred in determining the directions"
I tried both versions of the map..
I even tried selecting hotels in the area...
It detects the hotels close by and when I select the hotel it still gives me the same error..
Tried restarting the app
But can't get navigation to work...05-08-12 11:26 AMLike 0 - @Willard814: Once GPS is detected, the 4th button in the app bar is the record GPS button. Selecting that will display a little dialog with the current date and time for the default filename. When ready, select the record button. It will show the duration and the number of pts written to the file. When done, select the stop button. The file will be in your documents directory with the filename + .gpx.05-08-12 11:46 AMLike 0
- Hard to calculate the actual size - you have remember that a tile of magnification X in a city contains a heck more data than a tile of the same magnification in a rural area.... so is Ottawa considered a rural area ?.lol05-08-12 11:50 AMLike 0
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