vshcherb
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9 years ago This is better to ask on forum, but let's see if somebody replies to it here.
Closed breversa closed 9 years ago
vshcherb
commented
9 years ago This is better to ask on forum, but let's see if somebody replies to it here.
breversa
commented
9 years ago Wait, there's an OsmAnd forum ? Where ??
vshcherb
commented
9 years ago Google groups on website
breversa
commented
9 years ago Damn, I found it (thanks anyway ! :-) ), but the osmand.net website could REALLY use improvement here : no link or mention of the forum/github in the FAQ ; you need to scroll all the way down to see "External links" in the page footer. :-(
Considering the recurrent feedback regarding OsmAnd's usability, a direct pointer to the forum (and bug reporting too) could do a lot of good with next to no extra effort. :-)
sonora
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9 years ago The OsmAnd groupd is netionend at the botto of our web site, under "Extenal links", but maybe thisis too well hidden ... :-)
We do not have a good legend or consolidated description for the map styles. A legend for the default (OsmAnd) style is included as an online link in the Help function of the map. Most other styles depend on that style, and only have some deviations, but server certain purposes.
For the Touring view, the philosophy is summarized in the comment section of the file itself, as follows (I agree our documentation has room for improvement, but it is not a priority ... :-) ):
<!--
TOURING VIEW Renderer by Hardy Mueller, 2012-10-28 (Advanced version of the previous All-Purpose Renderer)
Differences of the "Touring View" vs. the "Default" Renderer:
In Touring View:
* some road and track types already shown at lower zooms (essential for travel and orienteering)
* the road colors allow unambiguous distinction between all highway/road/track types
* the road colors are more aligned with conventional road atlas
* the road visibility is increased for better outdoor, driving, and navigation use
* the route+gpx visibility increased
* there are additional touring feature options
- to display the SAC scale (for Alpine hiking)
- display hiking route symbols (now moved as module to default renderer)
- display bicycle networks (now moved as module to default renderer)
* TODO: Area-sensitive rendering: Include _all_ roads in very low density areas (remote deserts, etc.)
-->
<!--
RENDERER CONCEPT: Concept of what is Rendered at what Zoom Level (Dr. Hardy Mueller, 2011-06-26)
The map rendering is aligned to "the typical map use" per zoom level (scale), to always produce a complete and dependable map (for travel/orienteering) at the lowest possible zoom, as follows:
***** ********************************* *****************
Zoom
Level Typical Use Features Rendered
***** ********************************* *****************
- 7 "Rough Region Level Overview" Shows motorways, trunks, primary roads and city names
- 11 "Country Road Atlas" Secondary roads (already from zoom 9) and motorways/trunks/primaries from z7, secondaries from z9, tertiaries from z10. Show large scale landuse like forest and residential areas (already from zoom 10). Also all town names (already from zoom 9) and now all other locality names. Shows mountain peaks for orientation
- 12 "Detailed Country Road Atlas" Add all other public highways like road, unclassified, residential. Add tracks including track-type, and foot and bike paths. Also tag mountain peaks. Note that from this zoom level on ALL roads/tracks/paths are displayed, so it gives RELIABLE TRAVEL OVERVIEW!
- 13 "Regional Driving. Good Overview" Displays all driving as well as hiking connections. Show service, living street, pedestrian and footway highways. Include all area landuse.
- 14 "Local Driving", also "Hiking Map"
- 15 "City Driving" Display all details of interest for this
- 16 "Walking", "City Tour" Outline and tag buildings
- 17 "Immediate orientation" Building details, street corner details like traffic_signals, post_box, remaining POIs
- Remark: These were the original "static" zoom limits, before we expanded the rendering scheme below zoom 7 and created an algorithm to already "selectively" include significant map objects there at map creation time.
- roadColors="Road atlas style" scheme aligned with conventional road atlas, Saturation=50, Brightness=100, except trunk is considered special case of primary (same hue). For best visibility: routeColor="#960000FF, gpxColor="#B400FFFF".
-->
<!--
ALPINE HIKING rendering Add-on by Christof Knuesel based on default renderer by Hardy Mueller
Purpose:
- Alpine Hiking option for mountain hiking with "Hike Bike Map (Hills Underlay)" as overlay map:
With "Hike Bike Map (Hills Underlay)" it becomes hard to distinguish between black lines (path) and brown lines (track).
For this reason tracks are rendered with higher strokewidth than paths,
respectively as solid lines (all tracktypes), while paths are rendered as dashed lines (Alpine Hiking Mode).
- Roads: German map style
Legend:
1) Alpine Hiking Mode (advanced settings / Alpine Hiking enabled)
- Paths are colored by sac_scale:
black dashed line: sac_scale not specified or sac_scale = hiking
red solid line: sac_scale = mountain_hiking
red dashed line: sac_scale = demanding_mountain_hiking
blue solid line: sac_scale = alpine_hiking
blue dashed line: sac_scale = demanding_alpine_hiking
blue dotted line: sac_scale = difficult_alpine_hiking
- Tracks (all tracktypes) are rendered as brown solid lines
2) Other Modes
- Tracks are rendered as thick brown lines:
solid line (tracktype = grade1)
long dashed line (tracktype = grade2)
short dashed line (tracktype = grade3, short dashed narrow-spaced: tracktype not specified)
dash-dotted line (tracktype = grade4)
dotted line (tracktype = grade5)
- Paths are rendered as thin black lines:
long dashed line: sac_scale not specified or sac_scale = hiking
short dashed line: sac_scale = mountain_hiking
dotted line: sac_scale = demanding_mountain_hiking and above
Christof Knuesel, 18.10.2012
email: dingsdale@gmx.de
-->
<!-- Draft descriptions to explain the Touring view map style:
<string name="plugin_touringview_name">Touring map view</string>
<string name="plugin_touringview_descr">Activating this view changes OsmAnd\'s map style to \'Touring view\', this is a special high-detail view for travelers and professional drivers.
\n\nThis view provides, at any given map zoom, the maximum amount of travel details available in the map data (particularly roads, tracks, paths, and orientation marks).
\n\nIt also clearly depicts all types of roads unambiguously by color coding, which is useful when e.g. driving large vehicles.
\n\nAnd it provides special touring options like showing bicycle routes or Alpine mountain routes.
\n\nA special map download is not needed, the view is created from our standard maps.
\n\nThis view can be reverted by either de-activating it again here, or by changing the \'Map style\' under \'Configure map\' as desired.
</string>
-->The OsmAnd groupd is netionend at the botto of our web site, under "Extenal links", but maybe thisis too well hidden ... :-)
Indeed : I was desperately looking for a "Community" or "Contribute" page, I explored the FAQ (where the single link to github is for voice), to no avail. Only when I explored the farthest corner of the page (yup, bottom right-hand corner… Couldn't be further !) did I find the link. So yeah, I guess it's too well hidden. :-)
Anyway, thank you for your reply ! Is there any place to mention it ? In the website FAQ, maybe ?
Is there any document describing the different features/pros/cons of each map style (especially OsmAnd, Touring view, UniRS, LightRS. Nautical and ski are self-explanatory) and route style (default, orange, german road atlas, american road atlas, high contrast roads) ?
In particular, I'd like to know :