In a short nutshell:
The map and the respective POI files can now be downloaded individually.
With the direct installation (“Android Install On”), ORUXMAPS map and POI files are installed individually = 2 clicks required.
With “Android Install On” Locus, the map, special POI file and the latest theme are alltogether installed in one go.
Please ALWAYS give priority to the automatic direct installation!
The manual download can now also be done separately for map and POIs
Advantage: The valuable and scarce memory space on the smartphone is now only used for the files that are really needed – previously all map, Locus POIs and Mapsforge POIs were installed together.
Further information and the current status of the transition to the new scheme can be found here in the forum:
https://www.openandromaps.org/oam-forums/topic/installation-einer-karte-fuer-locus-installiert-unnoetige-datei
Most important change:
The overall map of Germany was discontinued.
Reason: This map has turned into a resource monster over the 13 years since the OAM was created – in other words, it has become far too huge. Creating the map takes a whopping 3 days, during which it blocks the workstation, and the download and memory usage on smartphones is beyond any reasonable level.
It is also pointless to create the map only 2-3 times a year as the maps of the underlying federal states already contain different data in some cases, resulting in ghost objects.
The overview maps Germany-North and Germany-South have been extended in terms of coverage and will continue to be created in the same detail as the federal state maps and at the same interval.
Germany-Mid is no longer required and is also omitted.
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The WestAfrica map has become too large over time and will therefore be split up:
WestAfrica (incl. Senegal Gambia, GuineBissau, Guinee, SierraLeone, Liberia)
Cote-d-Ivoire
Ghana-Togo-Benin
This makes downloading easier and most APPs can now load several maps automatically anyway, so handling partial maps is no problem.
Best regards
Your OAM-Team
Dear OpenAndroMaps community,
As in previous years, we will be releasing a completely new set of maps at the beginning of January so that we can start planning our tours for the new year.
Our special thanks go to all our supporters who contribute to keeping the OAM alive with their donations, bug reports and ideas.
We would like to wish you
A happy, trouble-free and active year 2025
Your OpenAndroMaps team
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We will be moving the website to a web account at Hetzner in the next 2 weeks.
A complete copy of OpenAndroMaps as a test site is already running there to our complete satisfaction.
Now, the move itself is not a big deal, but we are also moving the externally hosted domain to Hetzner and this can lead to outages.
So if this site is unavailable for a few hours because the new name servers first have to be cached around the globe.
Update 13.Nov.2024: Website moved
Update 20.Nov.2024: Domain Transfer done