Today I was planning a route for a cycle trip. Since I ride road bike, I need asphalt/concrete roads, preferably belonging of official cycle route network. So I need both settings to show surface and route to be enabled. And I was quite surprised when I saw that official cycle routes in the area I was searching in, go through unpaved roads!
On the following screen shot, which road has asphalt pavement?
To me, obviously, the bottom one. But this is suddenly not true, both roads are paved with asphalt!
I found that if both surface and route features are enabled, surface colors are changed significantly, to incorrect ones, making the use of the feature completely misleading.
How an asphalt road expected to appear (from the legend on the site):
How an asphalt road looks in OsmAnd:
How the same asphalt road looks in Osmand with bicycle routes enabled:
To me, the second example looks as this is an unpaved road, especially if I don't have the legend before my eyes. And if you see other gray roads just next to this one, you have no doubts that the
So there are two issues:
Surface + route = misleading.
This is minor, but still visible: asphalt road color in the app is not the same as in the legend on the site (#6f687e vs #6b697b)
Steps to reproduce
In Map configuration -> Routes enable Cycle routes
In Map configuration -> Map rendering -> Details enable Show road surface
Observe the map containing asphalt roads which are also a part of some cycle route
Actual result
Asphalt road looks like unpaved road
Expected result
Asphalt road looks like asphalt road.
Routes should not break appearance. Colors should not be mixed. Maybe route overlay should be thicker.
Solutions I saw in other apps:
mapy.cz, freemap.sk and many other render routes off the road, so they can show several routes at the same time
guru maps show routes only on small scale, then they don't show routes (OsmAnd can start render surfaces there)
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OsmAnd Version: 4.9.0 from google play
Android/iOS version: 14
Device model: Pixel 6 pro
Description
Today I was planning a route for a cycle trip. Since I ride road bike, I need asphalt/concrete roads, preferably belonging of official cycle route network. So I need both settings to show surface and route to be enabled. And I was quite surprised when I saw that official cycle routes in the area I was searching in, go through unpaved roads!
On the following screen shot, which road has asphalt pavement?
To me, obviously, the bottom one. But this is suddenly not true, both roads are paved with asphalt!
I found that if both surface and route features are enabled, surface colors are changed significantly, to incorrect ones, making the use of the feature completely misleading.
How an asphalt road expected to appear (from the legend on the site):
How an asphalt road looks in OsmAnd:
How the same asphalt road looks in Osmand with bicycle routes enabled:
To me, the second example looks as this is an unpaved road, especially if I don't have the legend before my eyes. And if you see other gray roads just next to this one, you have no doubts that the
So there are two issues:
Steps to reproduce
Map configuration->RoutesenableCycle routesMap configuration->Map rendering->DetailsenableShow road surfaceActual result
Asphalt road looks like unpaved road
Expected result
Asphalt road looks like asphalt road. Routes should not break appearance. Colors should not be mixed. Maybe route overlay should be thicker.
Solutions I saw in other apps:
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