ChristianK

IMPORTANT: Please update your Renderthemes

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  • An old Bug in Mapsforge forced us to transform access=no to access=acc_no. This means that have to update your Themes, if you would like to have access restrictions rendered in the maps
  • There are new features in the Maps and Themes like kissing_gates and turnstiles
  • Especially for users of the New Zealand map we modified the rendering of water multipolygons (lake, riverbank, reservoir, aso). Up to now wrong tagged multipolys resulted in flooded areas along lakes and rivers. This issue occours in almost every MP in New Zealand caused by the automated LINZ import of Goverment data. As said, this should be resolved with the updated maps/themes

We strongly recommend to update the themes by using the Quick-Installation:
For Elevate/Elements Themes of Tobias:
https://www.openandromaps.org/en/legend/elevate-mountain-hike-theme
For the andromaps_## themes:
https://www.openandromaps.org/en/legend/andromaps_hc_en

A Theme in OS-Landranger style can be found here – (c) John Percy:
https://www.openandromaps.org/en/oam-forums/topic/voluntary-uk

The new maps will be finally available with the updated maps of Europe and Germany on 11/12th of August.2015

We wish you a pleasant summer,
Tobias & Christian

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Tobias

New Locus version with support for switchable overlays

With the new Locus version 3.9.1 the support for switchable overlays, as in other apps with mapsforge 0.5, has been added. Therefore Elevate 3.0.2 has been released to make use of this feature also in Locus. Now all symbols, but also other, until now not available, overlays can be switched on or off.

This is how it works with Locus 3.9.1:

  • install the new Elevate version
  • then select Elevate as usual with the theme switcher
  • then use the theme switcher again, select Elevate again – now an additional menu shows up in which you can select the map style (hiking, cycling or city) and the overlays

Starting with Locus 3.9.2 after selecting the theme a menu shows up that lets you choose the map style and overlays.

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Tobias

New Elevate versions 3.0 and 2.5

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After some development time with several test version in the forum Elevate 3.0 has been released today. Please take notice that this version can only used with apps that are compatible with mapsforge 0.5, e.g. OruxMaps 6.4beta and later, Cruiser and Atlas.

As many apps aren’t (e.g. Locus, the current OruxMaps playstore version 6.0.7) I also added a legacy version Elevate 2.5 which has many of the improvements of Elevate 0.3, as far as possible.

Both versions can be downloaded here.

The big improvements of Elevate 3.0 are:

  • Map styles are now integrated in one theme file, this means hiking/cycling/city can now be selected directly, only Elements needs another theme file. The map styles differ more than before.
  • Overlays make it possible to switch on or off of different elements, e.g. captions, symbols, protected areas etc.
  • Additional overlays are showing now better visible and emphasized hiking or cycling routes or are a public transport network is shown.
  • Priorities make it possible that settlement names and important symbols are shown much more reliably.
  • A version with SVG-symbols is now scalable for all kinds of devices. The size variants are now only necessary because the glow of symbols there makes them easier to see.
  • Elements now supports all map styles as in Elevate with hiking, city or cycling. The difference is that everything is shown as soon it is contained in the map data.

Additionally many improvements and new map elements have been added, in Elevate 3.0 as well as in Elevate 2.5:

  • Cycling: cycleways are now emphasized and surface information is shown.
  • Cycling: paths and footways with cycling=yes are now rendered like cycleways.
  • Accompanying cycle lanes/tracks on roads are now shown.
  • Hiking/city: cycleways with foot=yes are now rendered like footways.
  • New settlement names like capitals, farms and quarters are now shown.
  • And many more smaller improvements and additions.

Here are some comparison and example pictures. Please use the forum for feedback.

PS – corrections for the translations in the map style menus are very welcome

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Tobias

New map appearance and improved routes with the Elevate themes

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There is a new version of the Elevate map themes 2.4.

It’s a major update for general map appearance. The goal was to make the map a bit calmer for all those elements which are not so important for hiking/cycling etc. So the colors for inhabited areas, buildings, airports, borders etc. have been toned down. Highway rendering has been overhauled, as well as place names, so that villages and hamlets are easier to distinguish from towns and cities. Many other changes were made to optimize the appearance.

A second major change is the improvements of routes. Local hiking routes now have a separate color (yellow), so it’s easier to follow a regional/local route now. Route refs are more visible.

In the OruxMaps versions the distance of captions to symbols are now larger, so it is possible to use larger variations of the theme on devices with less dpi. Or to resize captions a bit without losing elevation information.

Those and more changes can be found as always in the changelog.

To illustrate the changes in map appearance I attached some comparisons to Elevate 2.3

All downloads can be found as usual on the Elevate theme page, quick installation is highly recommended.

Here are some comparisons to Elevate 2.3:

I’m glad about feedback, for example in the forum here.
News for smaller Elevate updates can always be found here.

Best regards,
Tobias

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ChristianK

New: Eurovelo CycleMaps

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Here are the new maps for the Eurovelo Cycle Network:

  • Small Files
  • Perfect for Quick-Install
  • Download these maps on tour even on bad WLANs (Campsite..)

Available Routes for a first glance:

– All pictures of this gallery are property of www.eurovelo.com –

Best Regards,
Christian

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ChristianK

Quick installation – Video tutorial

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Die Openandromaps unterstützen nun die direkte Schnellinstallation auf dem Handy/Tablett ohne PC.

Dies funktioniert sowohl mit Locus als auch mit Oruxmaps.
Sowohl für Karten als auch für die hier angebotenen Themes.

Anleitung Schnellinstallation Locus
Anleitung Schnellinstallation Orux

Beste Grüsse
Christian aus der Wachau

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ChristianK

New support Forum

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The support on Openandromaps.org switches from the WordPress comment system to a customized bbpress forum.
The comment system on the old support pages will be disabled begin of 2015.

I really hope that my efforts to make bbpress compatible with multiple languages will proof stable like it was in the previous testing period.

As usual with all boards a registration is neccessary to prevent the board from spam, as a benefit you will see

  • code formating
  • attachements
  • sorted views
  • new post since last login
  • aso

PLEASE: Do not use disposable EMail-addresses, each registration is checked by Wangguard and its most likely that your registration is rejected without a “real” EMail address.

 

Once again the SSd on my Rendermachine have to be replaced (100TB written, limit was 75TB for the old 840pro).
The new 850Pro 1TB – approved by Cynthia, the head of of our quality department (as seen on the photo) – will hopefully do the job the whole year 2015 as its specified at 150TB TBW.

Best regards

Christian aus der Wachau

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ChristianK

Important note for Download Pages

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The download-tables on the approbriate pages are:

  • sortable as per
    • map-name
    • map-renderdate
    • map-size
  • foldable, this means: Depending on the size of the display some elements/buttons are moved to a hidden layer.
    This layer could be brought up by clicking the “+” – Symbol.

A picture is worth a 1000 words:

Javascript has to be enabled for this functionality. In addition some Adblockers brake these tables. They should’nt cause the script behind is the widespread “footable”. In this case please add www.openandromaps.org to the whitelist of these tools

Best regards
Christian

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ChristianK

August 2014: New maps, new mapping for all maps completed

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Dear OAM community,

The new mapping with contourlines at low zoom levels is now done for all maps whereever it’s possible.
So navigation is now much easier for all wide, open countrys like Scandinavia, Alaska, South America, Ozeania, Asia und Africa.

NEW MAPS:

1.) Skandinavia
While planing my Austria to NorthCape-Tour for 2015 I’v noticed that there is a map missing for Northern Scandinavia.
So there is a new map available covering all countrys in Northern Scandinavia with extreme high detail level.

2.) France
France map has exeeded the 2GB limit. This means it will not work an all Android devices any more.
So the solution is to devide France into two maps:
– France_North
– France_South
with a wide overlapping between the two maps.
The map covering complete France will be skipped with the next pdate. For me it does’nt make sense to provide a map thats not compatible with all versions of Android.

 

 

RENDERTHEMES:

Tobias is constantly improving his “Elevate” theme-family.
It might be a good idea to visit his page on the website and download the latest version of his themes.
www.openandromaps.org/en/legend/elevate-mountain-hike-theme

The changelog for the maps is to be seen here:
www.openandromaps.org/en/map-basics-2/tagtransform
www.openandromaps.org/en/map-basics-2/tag-mapping
So I wish you a pleasant summer and great tours with the OpenAndroMaps, and – maybe – there are some buck left for support of this project 😉

Best regards
Christian

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ChristianK

New generation auf maps

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Dear OAM-Community,

As announced three weeks ago there is a new generation of Maps for Android available.
Doe to a new much improved and more flexible prozess of rendering and a better information flow to Tobias wo developed a new subset of his “Elevate” theme we now present better maps for wide, open Countys like Alaska, Iceland, Chile, Argentina, Africa, Oceania…

 

What’s new:

  • Contourlines now appear at zoom-level 8 providing an overview ways better than bevore
  • Pois for accomodation, water, fords and various other are included at lower zoom-levels

The result (if you use the approbriate themes) is a most improved overview at low zoom levels, the contourlines apply a kind of contour shading from level 8 on.

 

New, improved Themes:

To get most out of the new maps I strongly recommend to use the Themes from Tobias
These Themes now include

  • Elevate (Mountain hiking)
  • Elegant (Sightseeing in urban areas)
  • Elevelo (Cycle tours)
  • AND NOW: Elements (special made for the new maps, best usage in wide open countrys)

 

So, how to handle all this:

As an Example: For the outback in Australia use the “Elements” theme – comming to the east coast with their big citys where the Elements provides too much information switch (eg) to the “Elegant”.
Or in Egypt use the “Elements” in the desert and switch to the “Elegant” at Cairo.

Here some Screenshots of the new maps:

 

 

There is lots of room for improving the appearence of the new maps during sommer – a slow, steady task we will perform.

 

Last but not least I want to say thanks for your support an your donations – please keep this project alive, maybe there are some bucks left bevore departing to summer vacation.

 

We wish you a nice and pleasant summer,
Tobias and Christian

 

BTW: From now on available with the new mapping: Alaska, Yellowstone_NP, Iceland, Oceania, parts of Asia, Africa, Chile, Argentinia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia
Comming soon: British-Columbia, Yukon, remote parts of Russia

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