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cannot search for town in norway but it exists in osm
I completely overlooked the missing boundary=administrative. I saw the way around Bjørkelangen and was so convinced that that one also contained the boundary that I did not even check. Added the boundary now.

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
UK Maps
That is not entirely correct. This early spring I asked why the Dutch map was already 3 months behind while all other maps, including UK, were up to date. It obviously sometimes happens.

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Test of Android version 1.3.xx
I did not go for a line by line compare, but I just did a simple grep "" for every language and on the generated list a wc -l to count the lines. en: 124 nl: 126 de: 130 So maybe some texts are missing but it seems that both Dutch and Ger…

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Test of Android version 1.3.xx
Chattiewoman said: "When I rotate into landscape mode, the view is fixed. When I rotate it back to portrait, it stays fixed. Hence it exists only when opening the folder in portrait mode." I'm sorry to say, but for me it function…

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Test of Android version 1.3.xx
And related to my own request w.r.t. the road references: - you have roads with only names (mostly in towns) - roads with names and numbers (references) like primary roads through or around towns, or primary/secondary roads connecting towns - mot…

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Test of Android version 1.3.xx
Good idea to make this a separate topic. 1. My places I can't confirm the behaviour you mention. For me it simply works (Android 4.2.2 800x480, in case resolution is of concern) 2. Text to speech One thing (for me) right now are the pauses b…

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Software Interface
Both SVOX and Google TTS (just installed and now also with Dutch) works also for me.

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Software Interface
Maybe you have to configure it also in your Android system settings (sprache & eingabe -> text in sprache ausgabe). You can select wich tts module to use and on the right side you have the settings. and maybe you need to reboot. I'm us…

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Software Interface
Hi, I updated and corrected the tts.xml for the Dutch language. You can find the updated version on my public dropbox. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34701986/NavigatorFree/tts.xml (right-click to download otherwise your browser will try to op…

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Software Interface
Tried it on my way home. I use SVOX with Dutch voice (Jan) and technically it works OK: Hooray! With regard to the tts configuration: It can use some improvements, both in plain Dutch as grammatically. But I know this is a beta, so I don't com…

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Software Interface
Great to hear that tts is in beta (for Android). Any information when it might be available? or for testing?

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Software Interface
Hi, 1. This is really a question of taste. For me the interface is very simple and easy. Most of the time you like the interface you are used to. Since 2004 I have used tomtom, iGo and Navigon and a few built-in apps. All were good, but for all it t…

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
OSM Map dates?
My UK map is of 201406 and I do see Campbeltown road instead of goldenberry Road. However, I can see that a01020304 has edited the road an hour ago (twice), 7 hours ago (twice), 2 months ago (twice), 3 months ago, 4 months ago and 1 year ago. And be…

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Navigation quirk - major tourist road not found in Canada
I'm using Navigator Free and another navigation app, and the other app also calculates the route simply and completely over the 93.

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Navigation quirk - major tourist road not found in Canada
If you are sure you can drive there in the period you will visit the region, but you don't know about the local conditions, I would simply create a waypoint/destination/favourite 100 meters (or so) in advance of the gate. And after the gate cre…

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Adding an arbitrary waypoint for route?
Yes, you can create a departure/waypoint/destination by tapping on the map. If you do (and it might take 2 or 3 attempts) you will see a small square appearing and sometimes selection of a road part. Then you will see at the top of your screen icons…

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Navigation quirk - major tourist road not found in Canada
It has nothing to do with a small road or so. It's a primary road. OSM mentions that there is a gate at this location on highway 93. A gate is a barrier (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier=gate) and that's why Navigator leads …

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
up-to-date database? (Android)
According to the map date the speed cameras are from February 2013. That is not very up-to-date. Is that map date correct? If so it is indeed better to make your own speed cam file.

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Routing Problem
Hi hurdygurdyman I hope you only mean to block it inside Navigator and not in OSM? If you don't mean that then please don't block it in OSM. What for all those people who need to use those routes in Milano. Next to that: If the streets a…

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Importing coordinates west of Greenwich (Android version of Navigator free)
Yes, but that is not what he is "saying". Navigator might do it correctly when directly typing it in, but not when importing it from another application.

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
Suddenly Navigator not seeing sd card
Check whether your SD card is seen by your file manager. Really check the contents of your SDcard folders as Android immediately creates default folders on in internal memory if your SDcard is corrupt, which means that it only looks like your SDcard…

Comment by hvdwolf August 2014 permalink
GPX import/export
Note that the GPX format has 3 sub-standards: track, waypoint and route. If Navigator could read a route file and/or a waypoint file to use the points as waypoints for a route it would be excellent. A route or waypoint file "normally" cont…

Comment by hvdwolf July 2014 permalink
cannot search for town in norway but it exists in osm
In this case it has not to do with the ø. Bjørkelangen is part of Aurskog-Høland. I can find that. When I search for streets in Bjørkelangen using Aurskog-Høland, like the Rådhusveien or Markveien I do find them. The reason is probably that Bjørkel…

Comment by hvdwolf July 2014 permalink
cannot search for town in norway but it exists in osm
Mapfactor sometimes has problems with UTF-8 (or not, not clear to me yet) characters like ø. You can't even find Købnhavn or Copenhagen or whatever in the danish map. At least not with my settings. I have seen this more often.

Comment by hvdwolf July 2014 permalink
Road types (Navigator 12 vs. OSM)
I agree with hurdygurdyman (again :) ). I also want to refer to the topic "Time To Destination Algorithm". MapFactors calculations are way off, especially when a lot of motorway and trunks are in the calculation. If Tule's assumption…

Comment by hvdwolf July 2014 permalink
steps allowed for car
I fully agree with hurdygurdyman. Service roads and unclassified roads are really, really something different in OSM.

Comment by hvdwolf July 2014 permalink
Cannot find correct city when searching for an address
I checked the languages in OSM to see if it could be related to you locale setting, but only Kingston and Kingston:DE are given for Kingston, Ontario and only Kingston for Kingston, Nova Scotia. I'm using mapfactor navigator 1.2.50 with the Can…

Comment by hvdwolf July 2014 permalink
Cannot find correct city when searching for an address
I tried the same and it works fine for me. I get the exact same search results as you do, but when I select Kingston I do get Kingston in Ontario. It is not an error in OSM (I checked OSM and another app) and for me it is not an error either in MapF…

Comment by hvdwolf July 2014 permalink
some big FR towns are unknown !
To make Tomas answer a little more specific :France has 4 parts. Troyes and Reims are in the eastern part of the French map. Did you download that one?

Comment by hvdwolf July 2014 permalink
Time To Destination Algorithm
W.r.t. Tomas' answer OSM 1:47:57 TomTom 2:13:18 I just repeated it with two other OSM based Android navigation apps for the mentioned postcodes: 2:03 2:09 So it is not a map problem. It is a navigator issue although all calculate shorter time…

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