To all those who try in vain to log in to the forum, I would like to say that I am no different.
The StopSpammers plugin (an absolute necessity) is
a.) currently faulty because the positive lists are ignored
is
b.) massively attacked to manoeuvre all valid users onto the blocklists.
Switching off the plugin is impossible because otherwise the OAM website will be flushed away by hackers/spammers.
I just had to completely rebuild the site last week.
I am currently working with the plugin manufacturer to find a workable solution.
Let me be clear: the current situation is making it increasingly difficult to run a popular website.
The EU manages to bully us citizens with more and more bureaucracy and lobbying, but they are too cowardly to take action against – well-known – governments that offer hackers safe havens and even encourage them.
Well…
Your Christian from OAM
A new map set will be available at the turn of the year with the following changes:
The data structure for the Mapsforge POIs, as used by ORUX-Maps, has been made more efficient and this new programme library has been implemented in the new versions of ORUX.
This means that we at OpenAndroMaps can also create and deliver the new POIs – i.e. the new version will be included in the Map-zips and delivered during automatic installation from Christmas on.
The requirement is that updates from Orux are installed – this applies to both the free version and the GooglePlay version.
For users of older versions of ORUX who for some reason cannot be updated (old smartphone, etc.) we will continue to keep the old version of the ORUX pois available for download here
https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/openstreetmap/openandromaps/pois/ORUX_old/
Please do not link permanently yet, the names of the zip files will still change.
You can download the new POIS for testing here:
https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/openstreetmap/openandromaps/pois/ORUX_V3/
So: Please update your ORUX installations to take advantage of the new POI files.
Best regards
Christian and the OAM team
In short:
The resolving of the SuperRoutes for the hiking trails is finished – similar to the cycle superroutes, which takes us into the waters of the route rules of Lonvia/Waymarkedtrails sind, as far as possible.
The resolution of the super routes has been rewritten to the best of my knowledge and belief – but I have to say that not every creativity in the OSM data mischmasch can be taken into account.
An interesting development is the new class of long-distance/rapid cycle routes
The internal discussion with all background information (mixed German/English) can be found here.
Also the render themes by Tobias = Elevate/Elements (Forum)
and those from
JohnPercy = VoluntaryUK (Forum) and Website
have been further improved – e.g. the contour lines are now rendered as curves.
In addition, it should be said that very extensive changes in the map structure were necessary and that it is possible that small errors have crept in. Please do not hesitate to report such errors in the forum.
We wish you beautiful tours in autumn
the team of OpenAndroMaps
What’s coming up at OAM:
The resolving of the SuperRoutes for the hiking trails is finished – similar to the cycle superroutes, which takes us into the waters of the route rules of Lonvia/Waymarkedtrails sind, as far as possible.
An interesting development is the new class of long-distance/rapid cycle routes that are being built in NL/DE/BE/USA and also mapped in OpenStreetMap as cycle_highway=yes. These expressways are less for leisure than for commuting/commuting/shopping.
Therefore, in future we will display the two types of cycle paths (leisure versa commuting=rapid cycle routes) independently from each other and, if applicable, on a separate layer, depending on the render theme.
The preparations for this from our side are already in the late beta stage and we will, if everything runs well, put a new map set with the corresponding render themes online at the beginning or mid of September.
The internal discussion with all background information (mixed German/English) can be found here.
Have a nice summer
The Team of OpenAndroMaps