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:
Best regards
Christian
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
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
New maps:
- Guam (Oceania)
- Samoa (Oceania)
- Bulgaria in Cyrilic
- Israel, Syria, Jordan in Hebrew + Arabian
I’m aware that some Islands in the Pacific are missing.
If someone needs these maps just drop me line.
Modified maps:
- Saarland (Germany) now include Lothringen and Luxemburg
- Geece: Coverage now include the coast of Turkey – so you need only this map for the whole Aegean see
New features:
- fords
- toll roads
- Incline
New maillist:
Announcing new Mailinglist dedicated for Outdoor Openstreetmap-mappers from Richard:
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/outdoor-natural
Update shedule:
European maps are rendered every 4 weeks, all other regions 5-6 times a year
Serverupgrade:
Done without any problems, Server is now capable to withstand minor flooding attacks we exerienced in the past weeks.
Nice walks an cycling with OpenAndraMaps
Christian