Tried to use OSMAnd last week to navigate around on vacation. For some reason it seems to be incapable of searching for house numbers, which is an instant dealbreaker. I’m very confused as to how or why this is a thing on such a mature product.

I was able to share a location from GMaps WV over to it to get navigation working, and from there the navigation was awesome!

Currently also testing Magic Earth and Organic Maps but I’m very interested to hear from those with more experience.

  • Anonymouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    10 months ago

    OSMAnd uses Open Street Maps data for it’s map, so the product can be mature but the data is not for the area you were navigating.

    I’ve been on a crusade to fill the holes in the data for the places I go, including house and business numbers using OpenStreetMap. If everyone were to do this for the places they go, we’d have all the addresses filled in and more!

    • HughJanus@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Yes, Im aware of that. Hence the title. The data is there. I can zoom in and see it. It just doesn’t appear in the search.

      • Anonymouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        Ohh! Yeah, the search is awful. I use a separate address to coordinate search, but it’s online, so I need to do it before I go off into the countryside.

        The only thing I’ve seen work on occasion is to put the house number after the street, like “river drive 123”

      • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        If the numbers were added less than a month ago that may cause this. I added an address number and uploaded it, but it would not show in search until a full map update a month later. Not even the daily updates would show it.