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Names of small hamlets rendered on low zoom levels
@qwertz100: You are right. As long as they are both displayed, the bigger town should have a larger font.(And also: In Nominatim it even says for Büttelbronn: "Büttelbronn, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Öhringen, ")

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Names of small hamlets rendered on low zoom levels
@petert: You can call this a bug but it is more complex and is how admin levels and place levels work in OSM. If you zoom in from a low zoom level (=major place level) to a high zoom level (= a minor place level), you go from city to town to "…

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Test of Android version 1.5.x
Hi Lubos, I'm far from an expert (not interested in gaming) but I know about the several anti-aliasing methods (there are more then MSAA and FXAA) and the web is full of comparing images. Your image is indeed a good example of a low-res image (…

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Test of Android version 1.5.x
Hi Lubos, Just to make sure that I understand what you mean: Do you mean that the anti-aliasing is slow on Tegra chipsets, but fast on all other chipsets?If so: Make the anti-aliasing an option in the settings so that users can either choose the &qu…

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
External SD & KitKat, returns
I don't know why you want to move the app to the SD-card.The data is on the SD-card and can be large.The application is in internal memory using about 25MB. What's the big deal? If your run 4.4 KitKat you must have a reasonably new phone h…

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
import routes and favorite routes
@Tomas: I don't think your aruments are correct.If it doesn't work then simply throw an error.Your argument is the same as: I want to plan a route from the Netherlands to Poland, but what if I don't have the Germany maps in between. S…

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Include MapFactor in Android Deployments
There are other ways as well. In the time that I created custom roms for Archos tablets it sometimes turned out that some apps simply couldn't be installed as system app. Just package these apps in your rom and make them install on first initia…

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Android Version: "The correctness of the data will be checked. Please wait."
It also depends on the number of maps of course. If you downloaded half of the world it will take a very long time. If you ownly download the maps you need it is much faster. I had it test the maps twice after a crash even though MNF has crashed mor…

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
How to switch App menu GUI language?
It is greyed out because you are not ready in that screen. You also need to choose a voice system and voice for the navigation system.

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Official Blackberry 10 version
@stavrich: Good for you that you belong to the happy few. It's also a fact that 99% of the cars can tow a caravan. I have never seen a lamborghini with a caravan behind it :)(And I don't know whether that is postive or not)

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Test of Android version 1.5.x
Actually an apk IS a zip file. Some "smart" download apps recognize the file header in the zip file and change the extension automatically for you (sooo smart and soooo useless). I think that when you change the extension back to apk, you …

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Roads not showing up
It has nothing to do with OSM, it has to do with how MNF renders the map data.When MNF is on low zoomlevels, the detail of roads is vanishing. Also of a lot of other map data but I don't care too much. I too think that roads should stay longer …

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Vehicle Type Should Change Automatically
I don't understand this request. If you prefer motorways on the long stretches, you get motorways on the long stretches especially if you put the preference for motorways a little higher (say from 50 to 60). If you are close to your destination…

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Windows phone 8.x
Most probably my wife will have a windows phone in 2-4 months. So it might still be an option. Harry

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Map downloads
Are you sure that it wasn't the champagne that you couldn't find those roads? :) I guess I was wrong about France. I travelled a lot through France but I'm very, very sure I missed a lot of the roads, meaning also roads which were s…

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Windows phone 8.x
Maybe I should mention now that my new phone is still Android. I work for a big company and there are so many Android users (some furiously complained) that it has been decided to continue Android support.I couldn't care much but I'm still…

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
How can I send routes from PC to Android?
Yes, you can create a GPX file on the pc with e.g. Routeconverter or other tools. In RouteConverter (my personal favorite) I create the route, save it as route GPX (not track or waypoint). I copy it via dropbox or google drive to my phone and import…

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Map downloads
Never really paid attention to the street names I must say. If it is a routable road it is fine for me.

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Map downloads
I updated my post. Where in France? In the entire (north-)western part and northern part my experience with comparisons with "real maps" (I still have them in my car because you never know), I think coverage is almost 100%. Some really tin…

Comment by hvdwolf March 2015 permalink
Map downloads
The free maps are OpenStreetMaps (OSM). In Western Europe they are very good, especially Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, England, Austria, Swiss, Denmark, and possibly others which I know less well, but they do lack complete address coverage…

Comment by hvdwolf February 2015 permalink
How can I send routes from PC to Android?
There is a much safer way than messing with your routing_points.xml. But you need to copy your GPX routes to your phone anyway. Use route importer

Comment by hvdwolf February 2015 permalink
Alternative TTS
There are more TTS engines/voices available in the Play Store. I use svox for example and it's (Dutch) voice data is 15MB.

Comment by hvdwolf February 2015 permalink
Two issues/requests
Next to what Tomas mentions: don't forget to disable "check for new maps". Otherwise a mini part will keep running to check for new maps.

Comment by hvdwolf February 2015 permalink
Setting files not found
I assume it has to do with non-latin characters or non UTF-8 characters

Comment by hvdwolf February 2015 permalink
Forum bug "Body is required" when trying to post in Internet Explorer 11"
Please try in compatibility view mode.Make sure you are inside the forum (so abcdefgh.mapfactor.com is in the address bar)Most right in your blue IE bar: (Internet) Tools -> "Compatibility View Settings"The popup will automatically disp…

Comment by hvdwolf February 2015 permalink
Android Color Scheme editor (MNF 1.5.11+)
@Lubos mentions here : "and if you click on edited item preview". How do you do that? I was just about to edit my post to add this as a feature request.

Comment by hvdwolf February 2015 permalink
How to really (auto-)exit Navigator to save Akku?
As Tomas mentions: you need to click the Exit button.however, next to that you need to disable "Check Map updates" as otherwise a tiny kernel always remains running to check for updated maps.

Comment by hvdwolf February 2015 permalink
Some Changes Needed for Navigation
I will create a new topic "Android color scheme editor" as I do have some comments. So far I do like it.

Comment by hvdwolf February 2015 permalink
Some Changes Needed for Navigation
@GabrielMoise: What I completely forgot to mention about your remark"Also, try to change the color you use for green area, like forests, parks, grass, etc... Put the green color a more vibrant one.... All colors are faded now." The "w…

Comment by hvdwolf February 2015 permalink
Display Roundabout exit number
For me these icons are very nice.Thank you.

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