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The search works well, but only if you follow a specific input structure of typing in the first letter of each, clicking Country->City->Street->House number and
by FrostKiwi 4y ago
The search works well, but only if you follow a specific input structure of typing in the first letter of each, clicking Country->City->Street->House number and fails with anything beyond that. Anything else, like searching for businesses fails miserably, even though it is indexed properly in OSM and shows up in OsmAnd.
There used to be an app using Google's API to search addresses and output coordinates to OsmAnd, but support stopped after API changes IIRC. Quite a sad statement, that that app had to be made in the first place.
It really is the achilles heel on an otherwise great app. With plugins, it even surpasses Google Maps in terms of extensibility.
- calvinmorrison 4y agoSeems like a fuzzy search would yield decent results if you already have the database
- uoaei 4y agoAre there any guides for getting started with OsmAnd?
- raybb 4y agoI think this video is a pretty good guide to get started (only 1 year old) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzY1qROPLV0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzY1qROPLV0 Same creator's video on advanced features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ctb_S9Fb-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ctb_S9Fb-8
- aidenn0 4y agoThat ... Doesn't work reliably for me. Heck I type "United" and "United States of America" isn't anywhere in the list. Then it also Geocodes poorly. The place where I grew up has a dearth of incorporated towns and cities due to the legal structures in place. However, each address has a well defined item that goes in the "City" portion of the mailing address. OsmAnd gets it right about 1% of the time. Plus, it lacks most house numbers for the area, so I end up just looking for the nearest intersection.