cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22847797

Osmand doesn’t appear to be able to locate street addresses. Like if I input something like “123 4th Street” all it can do is offer some cross streets, which may be miles away from my intended location.

Is there a way to augment it’s data so street addresses work? Maybe there’s a service I can add?

Similarly, it doesn’t know the names of many businesses.

  • bbbhltz@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    29 days ago

    That means the area where you’re looking hasn’t been mapped. You or somebody needs to add the street address and businesses.

    You can add POIs with Osmand and lots of other software. Everydoor is straightforward for adding businesses.

    • pr06lefs@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      29 days ago

      I wish it was more up front about not having address search capability. Its a waste of time for someone expecting to replace google maps, taking the time to install the app and then it turns out they can’t find anything.

      • bbbhltz@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        29 days ago

        OpenStreetMap is community-driven. Sometimes businesses are more up-to-date on OSM than GMaps, sometimes they just don’t exist. Someone would need to start mapping the area and maybe start a local group.

        When I look up something and don’t find it, I add it. When I’m bored I use StreetComplete and EveryDoor and Vespucci to. If I go to a friend’s place, they get an address. My work place? They get a fence and a tree.

        There is a local group where I live. They do meetups to map the things you wouldn’t think need mapping (electrical things, fire hydrants, etc.). The right volunteers can easily create a better map than GMaps… But someone needs to get the ball rolling.

        I guess you’re heading back to GMaps, though.

          • infeeeee@lemm.eeEnglish
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            29 days ago

            Than you just map it, and next time it will be on the map. On commercial map services it’s much harder to do this.

              • pietervdvn@lemmy.mlMEnglish
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                29 days ago

                You are not allowed to use Google Maps for this. Ther is copyright protection on it.

                How does it work? You go there and note down the addresses.

  • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    29 days ago

    You can check on openstreetmap.org whether the data is on OSM at all. If it isn’t, you can add it yourself, there are many ways to edit OSM and tutorials where you can learn it. The specific documentation for address keys is here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:*

    In general, OsmAnd definitely does support searching for house numbers if they are correctly mapped in OSM. I’ve done it many times and tried it out just now too. So if it can’t find any house numbers in the area you’re looking at, that probably means they are just not on the map yet. OSM is and will always be a work in progress.