This Manual cover the two major players on the App-Market:
- - Locus
- - Oruxmaps
For all other apps please refer to the manual of your mapping app.
Min. requirements: An Android mapping app with built in support for the mapsforge vector library V3.0 and alternative render themes and a serious amount of free memory.
A list of compatible apps can be found here..
The cyclemaps are testet with Locus and Oruxmaps on a Sony Xperia Active.
Install render theme + mapfiles:
For Locus: (this is an enhanced theme with some aditional pois like cycle shops etc..)
- Download the andromaps_hc.zip from the downloads page and uncompress it.
- copy the files to mnt/sdcard/Locus/mapsVector/_themes/
If you’v done this right the structure should be:
- mnt/sdcard/Locus/mapsVector/_themes/andromaps_hc/ (containing andromaps_hc.xml)
- mnt/sdcard/Locus/mapsVector/_themes/andromaps_hc/patterns/
- mnt/sdcard/Locus/mapsVector/_themes/andromaps_hc/symbols/
Now download the Maps you need, copy it to
- mnt/sdcard/Locus/mapsVector/ (or to a further subdir if you want to organize your maps)
and switch to the andromaps_hc theme in the Locus-menu.
For Oruxmaps:
All downloads now include the basic andromaps_hc theme for Oruxmaps
Just copy both files included in the zip-file to the map-folder of Oruxmaps and you are done
For all other apps supporting vector maps:
Use the andromaps_orux.map.xml for Oruxmaps, it contains only the symbols+patternset of the original render-theme provided by the Mapsforge group.
So any app that supports the full capabilitys incl. custom themes (styles) of the Mapsforge-library V3 should be able to display the cycle maps.
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Hello! There’s some trouble on downloading maps…I tried to download Volga_N maps and Volga maps but I couldn’t. Only 20% of mapfile was downloaded and then downloading was restarted. Could you give me alternative link on these files, please?
Hi Dan,
This sounds like MSie or Opera, try to use Chrome or Firefox – I just tried it with firefox and it works flawless.
Opera and MSIE have trouble with those files.
Best regards, Christian
I really don’t understand. In your instructions:
mnt / sdcard / Locus / mapsVector / _themes / andromaps_hc / (containing andromaps_hc.xml)
mnt / sdcard / Locus / mapsVector / _themes / andromaps_hc / patterns /
mnt / sdcard / Locus / mapsVector / _themes / andromaps_hc / symbols /
In the .zip file downloaded there are only for files. A .map and 3 .xls files. There is no such structure as described in the instructions in the zip file.
Hi Ricardo,
The 3 XML files included in the downloads are for Oruxmaps only.
The Renderthemes for Locus are available on every download page for the maps, you can chose 3 different ones and install them as describes on the manual page (you have to do this only once for all maps).
Best regards, Christian
One thing that I don’t find in my Locus:
“and switch to the cycle_hc theme in the Locus-menu.”
Where do I do that and what benefits does this bring?
Hi Leif,
Sorry, this is an outdated information, it should be “andromaps_hc” and not “cycle_hc”
Switching to this theme enables all goodys of the openandromaps like contourlines, cycle and hikingroutes aso..
Best regards, Christian