OruxMaps NG

[Sandy]

How can I search for a city, street etc.?
In the waypoint-menu there is "Search Tools" / "Geocoding (online)". I use OruxMaps NG in German language, "Geocoding (online)" is called "Ortssuche (online)". "Ort" means city or town, but the screen that's shown is only for searching POIs within a radius of max. 20km. I can't search for cities like Berlin or Frankfurt, or even street names.

I remember in older OruxMaps versions (I don't remember which versions) it really was possible to search for cities there, without a radius limiting the results. How can I search for cities or streets, or name of a mountain in OruxMaps NG? The main purpose for me is just to move the map to this area quickly, without zooming, swiping and searching for serveral minutes visually on the map.

[Tronpo]

How can I search for a city, street etc.?
In the waypoint-menu there is "Search Tools" / "Geocoding (online)". I use OruxMaps NG in German language, "Geocoding (online)" is called "Ortssuche (online)". "Ort" means city or town, but the screen that's shown is only for searching POIs within a radius of max. 20km. I can't search for cities like Berlin or Frankfurt, or even street names.

I remember in older OruxMaps versions (I don't remember which versions) it really was possible to search for cities there, without a radius limiting the results. How can I search for cities or streets, or name of a mountain in OruxMaps NG? The main purpose for me is just to move the map to this area quickly, without zooming, swiping and searching for serveral minutes visually on the map.

Hi simply check the "ignore bounding box" . Greetings troNpo

[Sandy]

Thank you Tronpo, I thought I already tried that and that I still got an error-message this way, but I must be wrong. It works exactly like that.

[mirilau]

Petit retour d'expérience. J'ai migré vers NG depuis plus de 2 semaines. Récupération de la base de données des traces, des cartes hors ligne et des cartes en ligne impeccable. Utilisation quotidienne pendant 17 jours de vélo voyage, aucun problème. Encore merci.

[Hauke]

Being a rare visitor here, I only now realized that OruxMaps NG exists :-) I blindly purchased it, happy to support this project further! Will check it out over the next weeks.

Question: I own the MapBox premium maps subscription in GP. Can I reuse it in NG, or do I need to have a second subscription?

And: Is there development of this feature to be expected? I still have bugs in GP which never were fixed and require me to run workarounds.

[Sandy]

Welcome Hauke,
I don't know what exactly your map subscriptions include and what you need, but unless you want 3D maps, you can use the offline-maps from https://www.openandromaps.org/en/downloads for free. No limits, no subscriptions.

[Hauke]

Thanks Sandy!

OpenAndro is MapsForge format, which I know works. However, I had limited success in creating my own offline maps in MapsForge format (I could not find tools, and I find the style definitions cumbersome). I was very successful (with tronpos help) to create vector maps in MapBox format, but in order to use MapBox-Format offline maps, you need to "unlock" the rendering engine in oruxMaps by buying the subscription.

In other words: I am not so much interested in the MapBox premium maps, but in the rendering engine.

If you want to know in detail what I do, read about it here: https://projects.webvoss.de/2024/08/03/superatlas-goes-vector-part-ii-creating-and-using-the-offline-vector-maps/

TL;DR version: I create a combined map where I have map data from various official sources like basemap.de, basemap.at or swisstopo, and combine them with OpenStreetMap data for feature rich hiking maps that match exactly my preferences.

[Tronpo]

Being a rare visitor here, I only now realized that OruxMaps NG exists :-) I blindly purchased it, happy to support this project further! Will check it out over the next weeks.

Question: I own the MapBox premium maps subscription in GP. Can I reuse it in NG, or do I need to have a second subscription?

And: Is there development of this feature to be expected? I still have bugs in GP which never were fixed and require me to run workarounds.

Hello!! It is necessary to make a new map subscription, they are different apps so the play Store recognises they cannot be shared, you can request a refund from the developer if you have the annual subscription and you consider it necessary to make the new subscription in OruxMaps NG. In OruxMaps NG the mapbox and sdk libraries have been updated. Regarding the errors, I imagine you mean the work of the local server? I talked about it with the developer when checking the performance of "Mobile Tile Server" (fantastic!!) And he told me that his intention is to improve the performance of the local port for the OruxMaps NG version. You can write to him privately so he can see that there are more users interested in this ... it has a huge potential to create our own 3D offline. Greetings troNpo

[kkolesar]

Brouter planner adds waypoints at the beginning and end of planned route. This is something new I believe and I don't like it. I can't find, how to disable this. Any suggestion?

[Tronpo]

Brouter planner adds waypoints at the beginning and end of planned route. This is something new I believe and I don't like it. I can't find, how to disable this. Any suggestion?

Hello, can you explain yourself better? In the toolbar of the planner, to the right of the whole you have settings, within settings you have the option to "include wp entered for the calculation of the route" if it is marked the points used are concerver. If it is unmarked no, in this case the year adds the typical beginning and end points with the respective icons, if you mean that. Greetings troNpo

[kkolesar]

Hello, can you explain yourself better? In the toolbar of the planner, to the right of the whole you have settings, within settings you have the option to "include wp entered for the calculation of the route" if it is marked the points used are concerver. If it is unmarked no, in this case the year adds the typical beginning and end points with the respective icons, if you mean that. Greetings, spinning top

[Tronpo]

Indeed, they are the crossing points used to create the route, that I remember it was always like this, in the planner settings as I told you before you have the option to keep them or not when exporting the planner's route

[kkolesar]

I really don't remember if this has been always this way ... anyway, I don't like it, since I do not export route, just follow, so must be deleted manually. thnx anyway.

[Tronpo]

I really don't remember if this has been always this way ... anyway, I don't like it, since I do not export route, just follow, so must be deleted manually. thnx anyway.

I'll explain it better with a video

[Hauke]

Thanks Tronpo! Glad to hear that MapBox vector maps implementation continues to evolve. I will reach out to the developer privately as you suggest. Also to discuss if it would be an option to shift from the licensed MapBox to the free open source fork MapLibre, which is largly compatible.