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Hello
I have already asked the question on the Oruxmaps forum without any answer. I hope you can help me.
In Orux, there is “what’s there” function appearing in the context menu when you long press the screen.
But it doesn’t shows any additional information except the name of the street which is already on the map. There is no data in POIs like the names of cafes etc …
In OpenStreetMap (PC) there is a similar function that return a lot of informations.
Is this a limitation of OpenAndroMaps or something that is not well implemented in OruxMaps?Did you install the POI DBs that are coming with OAM since last year?
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Did you install the POI DBs that are coming with OAM since last year?
For Orux there are OAM POIs since at least 2017 🙂
Go to settings, maps, mapsforge settings, choose a “Default POI offline database” and check “Search POI tap gesture”.
Developer of Elevate mapstyle
Hi,
i am confused now, although using Orux and OAM since quite a while.
I use the settings Tobias mentioned. And doing a “short tap” on the map, i indeed get the POIs shown. Sometimes one, most times more. Or nothing, if i short-tap in the middle of nowhere.But the “long-press-on-the-map”, which brings up the option to choose “What is there?” results in a list of items, mostly street addresses, but not the POIs i know. Each of the items has a “Name”, “Latitude/Longitude”, “Distance” and “Information”.
Matthias
But the „long-press-on-the-map“, which brings up the option to choose „What is there?“ results in a list of items, mostly street addresses, but not the POIs i know. Each of the items has a „Name“, „Latitude/Longitude“, „Distance“ and „Information“.
This has nothing to do with OAM, it’s an OruxMaps function which only works with internet. Probably something like Waypoint tools – geocoding (online).
Developer of Elevate mapstyle
But the „long-press-on-the-map“, which brings up the option to choose „What is there?“ results in a list of items, mostly street addresses, but not the POIs i know. Each of the items has a „Name“, „Latitude/Longitude“, „Distance“ and „Information“.
This has nothing to do with OAM, it’s an OruxMaps function which only works with internet. Probably something like Waypoint tools – geocoding (online).
You are right. If Offline, no results shown. That “What is there?” function in Orux, mentioned by JuVan1, has nothing to do with OAM and it’s POIs. I also see no “use case” for that function 🙂
EDIT: on page 22 of the english Orux Manual: “What’s in here search geocoding services (online) which points of interest are close to that point.”
Thank you for your answers.
As you have understood I was not talking about the POIs that we can download separately, but the elements indicated on the map such as banks, shops etc …
I tried with Osmand which has a similar function. I point for example on a pharmacy and this gives me the indication that it is indeed a pharmacy its name and a Web link to OpenSteetMaps. This works without Internet connection
This is basic information but can be handy and you can have more details if you follows the link.Hello.
The new Orux Betas bring a new function, GeoIntents, you can easily link Nominatim, Wikipedia to get more information about the coordinates you want to see.
OruxMaps must internally use a reverse encoding URL for the “What’s Here” function.
These URLs can be configured to filter the information. Possibly it is configured so that it receives only a simple description of the point on the map that we are touching.
Try the New Beta, you can get much more information than is usually received.
Link Nominatim URL to get OSM info.https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?lat={lat}&lon={lon}&zoom={zoom}&addressdetails=1&namedetails=1&extratags=1
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I tried with Osmand which has a similar function. I point for example on a pharmacy and this gives me the indication that it is indeed a pharmacy its name and a Web link to OpenSteetMaps. This works without Internet connection
This is basic information but can be handy and you can have more details if you follows the link.So it might seem to you that “what is there” in OruxMaps would be the same as in OSMAnd. In the OSMAnd map format POIs and maps are combined; so using this function is the same as using the POI tap with OpenAndroMaps and not “what is there”.
Developer of Elevate mapstyle
It is probably a lack of knowledge, of the data that a map can contain that made me ask this question. It seemed obvious to me that a “What is there” function as its name suggests was intended to provide additional information that are not directly visible on the displayed map. A bit like I said above on the web version of OpenStreetMap.org (PC) where there is a similar function that return a lot of information.
Sorry I probably miss something.
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