ChristianK

Openandromaps: sitespeed now state of art

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Hello,

Two weeks ago I moved this website from a shared account to a VirtualPrivateServer wit 8GB Ram and 2Vcores.
In addition I moved the critical parts like js, css and pictures to ContentDeliveryNetwork.
This eliminates the need of questionable and sometimes inkompatible tricks like Browser caching, minifying aso..

Advantage: Usualy the pages are now delivered in less than 2sec to all kinds of browsers
Downside: Costs 378.–€/Year

Anyway, I don’t like to stop half the way – so enjoy it.

Best regards, Christian

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General-Map for Locus and Oruxmaps

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Hello,

For Locus and Oruxmaps there are general maps in zoom-levels 4-9 covering the whole world for download.
These maps are perfect for overview and switching to the detailed Vectormaps for navigation.

The format of the maps is sqlite (bitmaps) for faster handling in these zoom-levels.

  • Oruxmaps: Please decompress the zipfile and copy the whole World_OSM folder to the map-folder on the smartphone.[download]
  • Locus: Decompress the file and copy WorldOSM_Locus.sqlitedb in the \maps – folder on the smartphone (\maps , NOT \MapsVector!)[download]



While the first loading of the maps (or starting the app after copying the maps on the phone) these maps have to initialised – this may take a while, but only once.

Best regards, Christian

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Minor changes, Europe+Germany updated, new: Bermudas

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Hello,

The Campsites now appear on zoom-level 13, no matter if they are tagged as poi or attribute bound to a way.
Germany and Europe are updated (as usual), added map of the Bermudas.
New in the tagset: “mountain_pass=yes”, however actually not rendered in the Themes.

Best regards, Christian

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Major improvement for MTB-Theme

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Michael from Heidelberg contributed a MTB-Theme based on the andromaps_mtb where he invested lots of afford to bring in his real-world experience with MTB-cycling/Openandromaps.

The most significant change is that he avoids yellow rendering of paths with no MTB:Scale tagged. In addition he invested lots of afford to adjust the rendering to the different zoom-levels.
For me this Theme is a major improvement so I decided to serve it as standard for MTB (andromaps_mtb.xml).

The new legend and theme is already online: [klick]

Best regards, Christian

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Now all camp.- and caravansites included

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An improved tag-mapping of the openandromaps ensures that all campsites and caravansites tagged in the OpenStreetMap Database are rendered with the openandromaps.

– For Locus please download the latest themes
– The new themes for Oruxmaps are included in zip-files of the maps as usual.

This applies for all maps from 20.5.2013 on (dd.mm.yyyy)

Best regards, Christian

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Servermove done

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The switch to the new download-server is done, please flush your browsercache and reconfigure your grabbing scripts.
I would kindly ask you to check the configuration of your favorite grabbing tool to ensure that they dont run in a loop and download the same map again and again 😉
The maps on GoogleDrive will stay online, but I wont update them any more – the Maps on mega.co.nz will be deleted next week.

Best regards, Christian

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NEW: Professional download-server for openandromaps

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Openandromaps are currently being switched step by step to a non-commercial, professional Download-Server.

The maps will be served from the same server that hosts the “Geofabrik” – thanks to everyone who supported this move.
This step was a crucial point for the whole project couse it was clear to see that GoogleDrive would stop this sooner or later, there were already problems this March.
Currently more than 200 Maps are served from openandromaps, this means 70GB of disc-space and lots of Terrabytes of traffic every month – a volume that is not possible to serve with a commercial server with no budget.

The move starts with Germany and Europe and should be finished next weekend. If there are any problems please drop me a line.

Best regards, christian

BTW: Currently the maps are synced by ftp with the server – a clear nonsense currently accepted by the server-admin.
However, next weeks should see a Synology-NAS-System for syncing by rsync – this will cost another 350Euros, I hope you will support this project by some bucks (a few are better than none) 😉

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Update: German states, China, Africa, Oceania, Japan

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Germany: Now has its own download page.
I added all states as seperate files for those with small data-accounts.

Europa: Ukraine is now available in cyrillic too.

Africa, Oceania: new rendered

China: The coplete coverage is now ready for download

Japan: For the first time whole Japan is available for download.

Comming next week: Russia both in english and cyrillc

Best regards, Christian

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Started rendering of Russia

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Russia now have its own download section due to its size.
At the moment these maps are rendered in english language (as far as tagged in Openstreetmap), in the future – after completing coverage and finetunning – the maps will be available both in english and cyrillic.
Available at the moment: Caucasia, Central, Ural-South, Volga
The database of Russia is of excellent quality, thanks to the russian cummunity!

Best regards, Christian

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Germany and France with complete coverage

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Now made possible with the new Rendermachine:
Germany and France with complete coverage and combined Cycle/Hikeroutes

Germany:
The Mapping of Germany is made in the same way as the Netherlands to ensure sufficiant loading times, the downside is that this adds some MB to the mapsize – not a big issue in times of 64GB SD-Cards
The seperated cycle/Hike maps for Germany will stay in the portfolio – maybe they will be replaced by smaler maps with the coverage of the German states.

France:
The French map is redered with a special mapping that ensures fast loading times. If you like this mapping it is possible to use it for other big maps in the future. The France South/Mid/North maps will be discontinued with the next update.

Update of the complete European mapset:
All maps now contain the tags for additional cycle barriers:

	
<pois>
	<osm-tag key="barrier" value="bollard" zoom-appear="16" />
	<osm-tag key="barrier" value="cycle_barrier" zoom-appear="16" />
	<osm-tag key="barrier" value="gate" zoom-appear="16" />
	<osm-tag key="barrier" value="lift_gate" zoom-appear="16" />
	<osm-tag key="barrier" value="chain" zoom-appear="16" />		
</pois>

Currently these tags are not rendered in the standard Renderthemes. However, MTB-enthusiasts will manage to add these to their custom Themes.
BUT: keep in mind that in the current version of Mapsforge pois are not rendered 100% reliable, so keep two fingers at the brake levers 😉

Best regards, Christian

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