how old map of Israel do you have? I tested in 20130216 (available on early maps) and it finds that correctly (in PC navigator). It is possible that the polygon for the city was not valid in some older version.
I downloaded the map of Israel from MapFactor and transferred it to my mobile phone (Windows Mobile 6.1). When I want to search for Jerusalem its just not there. The streets are there but I can't get there because I can't select a city to go there.
Oke. It's getting more wird. I see Jerusalem but in Hebrew. Then when I zoom in Jerusalem is gone and again I see "Lifta" and other area's but not Jerusalem. My guess is that it is some kind of political tric from OSM.
Yes it is working. I installed the map again on my mobile phone and it is working now fine. Like the app anyway and I am planning to use it a lot. Thanks a lot Tomas :-)
I did vor 2 days a map update and since then I have the problem. can I get the older version somehow? I tried looking for it on the net but found nothing.
If you are using "Early maps updates" (Advanced settings), you can temporarily disable this check box and download "stable" maps. This works only the first week after the maps were available for download.
Edit: Do you know how old were the maps? I tried 2013.12 and it does not work there too ...
I don't know the version of the map. I was in November in Israel and it worked. I think I downloaded the map in september but I have no idea the nummber version.
Well, I tried September data and it failed there too. I would rather focus on current/new maps to fix/improve it there ... http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/29090735 There is no "name" ... I believe that it is because it is not clear what language it should be ... and there is "int_name" instead (?). Because it was edited more than 1 year ago, I suppose you could not find it before (???).
We are using some alternative names like "name:en", but only when "name" exists. Maybe some OSM mapper could comment on this?
I have the new version of the map and I can actually write jerusalem and it give me result. but...I kann look for just a few streets in the region of the old city. if I want to look for other streets, it does not find. I have to use Google search (and I need internet fot it.)
I tried for example the street Agron (really near the region), Herzl Blvd (tried to write it : Herzel, Hertzel. Hertsel....), Derech Ruppin (Ruppin Road), and many more. did not work.
It is strange - if I switch to English I am able to find "Agron" (I originally tested that on PC Navigator and it worked there). Then I tested it on Android with Czech language selected and it did not work. What language do you use? I will investigate it more next week. thanks Martin p.s. do you have maps palestine_osm.mca also downloaded?
I have German language on the mobile and default on the navigator, also german. But the map is in Hebrew, I don't know why it is so. On my husband mobile it is the same and he complain as he cann't read the map.
I can not write the streets in hebrew, it does not recognize whats written.