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You can enable the "public transport" profile in OsmAnd, today. It might not support your local area, though.

by yorwba 8mo ago

schaum 8mo ago
And there are no realtime updates,for example bus won't even go on a Sunday but it would still route you like it would ..
- netsharc 8mo ago
  The "But Google" rebuttal: I was in a city when they had a public transport strike. The buses/trams would run at irregular times, but as far as Google knew (maybe the public transport company told them so), no buses would run at all. So trying to get anywhere, Google Maps would say "Walk 20 minutes to the nearest train station, take the train, walk 15 minutes to your final destination.". I had to trick it and say I want to depart 6 months in the future so it would show which tram/bus-lines I actually need, where I can go to the stop and take a chance that one would show up..
- yorwba 8mo ago
  If the bus never goes on a Sunday, it should be possible to record that in the opening_hours according to the Public Transport v2 scheme: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Public_transport https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Public_transport Still not real-time, but better than nothing.
2Gkashmiri 8mo ago
years ago i added a bunch of bus stops in my city. the app never picked that up. busses don;t work.
- yorwba 8mo ago
  Some buses do work. Adding bus stops to the map is necessary, but not sufficient to make them work.
jeroenhd 8mo ago
I found it able to route me to where I need to go if I decide to switch careers and become a train driver, but planning something easy like "take a bus to the train station" is impossible in OsmAnd.
- namibj 8mo ago
  It's sadly easy to confuse "take public transit" with "driving a train" on the UI :( Given that for most other modes it's used by the driver.
MeanEYE 8mo ago
Grab an application called StreetComplete and start contributing. Little by little we'll get there and have awesome maps. Application asks simple questions like type of road or if bus station has a shelter, etc. Then uploads that to OSM.
- yorwba 8mo ago
  StreetComplete is nice, but if the public transport profile in OsmAnd can't find a bus line, it's probably not because the bus stop is missing shelter information. To fix navigation issues, you'll probably have to edit map geometry, which has a higher barrier to entry: https://www.osmand.net/docs/user/navigation/routing/public-transport-navigation https://www.osmand.net/docs/user/navigation/routing/public-t...

You can enable the "public transport" profile in OsmAnd, today. It might not support your local area, though.

by yorwba 8mo ago

You can enable the "public transport" profile in OsmAnd, today. It might not support your local area, though.

And there are no realtime updates,for example bus won't even go on a Sunday but it would still route you like it would ..

netsharc 8mo ago
The "But Google" rebuttal: I was in a city when they had a public transport strike. The buses/trams would run at irregular times, but as far as Google knew (maybe the public transport company told them so), no buses would run at all. So trying to get anywhere, Google Maps would say "Walk 20 minutes to the nearest train station, take the train, walk 15 minutes to your final destination.". I had to trick it and say I want to depart 6 months in the future so it would show which tram/bus-lines I actually need, where I can go to the stop and take a chance that one would show up..
yorwba 8mo ago
If the bus never goes on a Sunday, it should be possible to record that in the opening_hours according to the Public Transport v2 scheme: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Public_transport https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Public_transport Still not real-time, but better than nothing.

2Gkashmiri 8mo ago

years ago i added a bunch of bus stops in my city. the app never picked that up. busses don;t work.

yorwba 8mo ago
Some buses do work. Adding bus stops to the map is necessary, but not sufficient to make them work.

jeroenhd 8mo ago

I found it able to route me to where I need to go if I decide to switch careers and become a train driver, but planning something easy like "take a bus to the train station" is impossible in OsmAnd.

namibj 8mo ago
It's sadly easy to confuse "take public transit" with "driving a train" on the UI :( Given that for most other modes it's used by the driver.

MeanEYE 8mo ago

Grab an application called StreetComplete and start contributing. Little by little we'll get there and have awesome maps. Application asks simple questions like type of road or if bus station has a shelter, etc. Then uploads that to OSM.

yorwba 8mo ago
StreetComplete is nice, but if the public transport profile in OsmAnd can't find a bus line, it's probably not because the bus stop is missing shelter information. To fix navigation issues, you'll probably have to edit map geometry, which has a higher barrier to entry: https://www.osmand.net/docs/user/navigation/routing/public-transport-navigation https://www.osmand.net/docs/user/navigation/routing/public-t...