Jochen_K

How to correct faulty lane assistant info?
...it should, because having typed this I just remembered why I don't use Firefox for this forum - it shows all text much bigger than I like, and I can't see any way to make it decently small (the combo Firefox/Vanilla gives me just a bit …

Comment by Jochen_K May 2017 permalink
How to correct faulty lane assistant info?
@hvdwolfDo you mean to tell me that the font settings I use on my own device somehow determine how my entries appear on other people's devices? That's weird, because I should then see other people's (bigger) texts the way they set th…

Comment by Jochen_K May 2017 permalink
How to correct faulty lane assistant info?
Thanks; I'll take a look at it during the Whitsun/Pentecost weekend.

Comment by Jochen_K May 2017 permalink
Navigation Speech goes off
Are you using TTS or one of the recorded voices? On my device, TTS occasionally stops, whereas the recorded voices never do so; therefore, I switch to them in situations where I tell you need the spoken instructions.

Comment by Jochen_K May 2017 permalink
can´t close navigator
Hi, Wulf, this annoys me as well, but for me there was a simply solution: I use an alternative Launcher (Apex); here a long press on the Navigator icon gives me direct access to „App Info”, where I can stop Navigator completely.

Comment by Jochen_K May 2017 permalink
switching to Android Marshmallow - HOWTO?
The way I understand it, internal is still ok when using Marshmallow; it's external where you are forced to use that blasted /Android/data directory if you have an app that needs t write.

Comment by Jochen_K March 2016 permalink
switching to Android Marshmallow - HOWTO?
I did not put that very well - the backup was just for safe keeping, in case I had miscalculated. I have all the data for Navigator in the directory /storage/sdcard1/Navigator and when I uninstalled the app and subsequently reinstalled it, t…

Comment by Jochen_K March 2016 permalink
switching to Android Marshmallow - HOWTO?
@hvdwolf Strange - I am on 5.1.1 and just tested it: copied the whole Navigator directory on my external sd card into a second directory, deleted Navigator and reinstalled it via the Play Store. It first took me through the New User screens, then s…

Comment by Jochen_K March 2016 permalink
switching to Android Marshmallow - HOWTO?
I'm having second - and third, and fourth - thoughts about moving data to that directory. BEGIN RANT The more I read about it, the more I think that whoever dreamed up this whole thing at Google was a complete and utter idiot. Whatever Google…

Comment by Jochen_K March 2016 permalink
How do you use Digger
Quoting k1 3ehr: "Here is a good app, but no POI import, Wales seems good, dunno about POI import yet though." Wales?

Comment by Jochen_K December 2015 permalink
Detour strangeness
I've just taken another look at the Route Setup. Can it be that "Other Road" simply means just that - i.e. that the tag "prohibited to pedestrians" is not read at all?

Comment by Jochen_K September 2015 permalink
Detour strangeness
Addition to the addition: Back in July I changed a tag for the Pony Trekking Route to "foot:no" - I just checked in Potlatch 2, and in the Simple View this translates into "Pedestrians - Prohibited". Even so, when, using the Pe…

Comment by Jochen_K September 2015 permalink
Irish Addresses
Additional question: I've added a few more "interpolation" tags; there are a number of places I know of (such as the southern end of Rock Road) where there are several (up to four) nameless terraces (at least there are no signs, and n…

Comment by Jochen_K September 2015 permalink
Irish Addresses
I changed the addresses from housenumber to interpolation; we'll have to see (in amonth or two) what MNF now makes of them. ...or do the experts have any new ideas for dealing with this?

Comment by Jochen_K September 2015 permalink
(permanently) Locked Gate - OSM?
Sorry for the delay - I was mad enough to "upgrade" to Win10, and I am one of those for whom the change was anything but painless. (I am now using a very old notebook with Win7, which is sloooowwww, but at least does work). The coordinate…

Comment by Jochen_K September 2015 permalink
Detour strangeness
Additional question: is there any way to upload a screen shot from my PC? The only option I see is "Enter URL", but I've never bothered to create my own web site.

Comment by Jochen_K September 2015 permalink
Detour strangeness
...oh, and thanks to both of you for those hints - I didn't know about either of those options.

Comment by Jochen_K September 2015 permalink
Detour strangeness
Sorry - I didn't express myself well - the classification of the pony path is of course an OSM option. I was just wondering why Navigator kept insisting that I turn back, even when going back and the along the pony path would have been ten tim…

Comment by Jochen_K September 2015 permalink
Editing colours
Actually, I changed to the English version a while ago. My problem is that the Navigation Highlight behaves differently, in these two situations: 1. I set a destination and additionally set my current coordinates as departure point, then tap... …

Comment by Jochen_K July 2015 permalink
Importing coordinates west of Greenwich (Android version of Navigator free)
I myself am not inputting anything. I run the free Android app Irish Beach Guide, select a beach and tap on the map icon provided by the app. This then gives mea choice of apps to export the beach's coordinate to. I am just looking at Cloghe…

Comment by Jochen_K August 2014 permalink
Time To Destination Algorithm
@Thule I'd also like to know the exact effect ticking/not ticking that "Use speed limit" box has, as I am just reconfiguring my car profile. How about it, tomas?

Comment by Jochen_K July 2014 permalink
Long distance ferry routes
Sure, no problem - just thought I'd mention it.

Comment by Jochen_K July 2014 permalink
Can we users do anything about routing strangeness of "Free"?
Ah - thanks; that meant that something was wrong with my setup; I saved Navigator with Titanium Backup, deleted the Settings in AppInfo, started Navigator, downloaded the Ireland map (would there have been a way to inform Navigator about the presenc…

Comment by Jochen_K July 2014 permalink
Can we users do anything about routing strangeness of "Free"?
https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#map=16/52.3036/-6.4570 The detour begins just below the Drinagh Court Hotel and ends just below a Topaz petrol station.

Comment by Jochen_K July 2014 permalink
Long distance ferry routes
Hi, I just tried to set a route from a road just outside Fishguard Harbour in Wales (The Parrog) to a bit of the N25 just outside Rosslare Harbour in southeast Ireland; the route was not found. Are you still working on the ferry problem? Regards,…

Comment by Jochen_K July 2014 permalink
Upgrading to paid Tom Tom maps (Europe) - questions
I also have the horrible TomTom app on my device (bought one of their 50% off offers); I suppose that routing would be more or less the same with Navigator using TomTom maps. 90% of the time Navigator Free's route is as good as or better than …

Comment by Jochen_K June 2014 permalink
"North always up" view?
Oooops... how embarassing - I intended to write the above post for so long (and always forgot when I was near a PC) that in the meantime there has been a new version - And I never again used the North Up mode, so I never realised this had been fixe…

Comment by Jochen_K June 2014 permalink
Does Navigator Free work on Jelly Bean (rooted)?
Thanks a million, Petr, problem solved! Kind Regards, Jochen =D>

Comment by Jochen_K March 2013 permalink
Who provides the OSM maps for your Android app?
Hi, Martin, I tapped the parking lot to the north of the wood and tapped "i" to see if there was a telephone number; I must have been on the border to the wood because I got that info as well. Regards, Jochen

Comment by Jochen_K October 2012 permalink
Who provides the OSM maps for your Android app?
Hi, Martin, Helipad = Airport, strange but acceptable. But... FOREST = Airport? I came across this by accident when looking at the parking lots around the giant Hannover Fair - just tap 52°18'52" 9°48'45" Regards, Jochen

Comment by Jochen_K October 2012 permalink

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