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Hello Henry, On Sat, 13 Jul 2013 10:34:09 +0100, Henry Bremridge <henry.bremridge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >I saw this email on the list and thought I would have a look at the >website and location. > >The location was - naturally - on Google Maps and this is something I >use a lot. However I am starting to use Open Street Map and >particularly the OsmAnd on my android for the following reasons > >1) When I find a place I would prefer to add it to Open Street Map >rather > than Google Maps > >2) OsmAnd works even when offline > >Although I must admit I have two bugbears: > >- I can't use my favourite locations on OSM (or I don't know how) > >- OsmAnd requires I add the place: post codes don't seem to work. >That > said the lack of post codes has been of great help. It means I > have to look up exactly where I want to go... > >As always any help / comments always welcome > I just added Centre Peace to OSM. http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/175395498 I don't know how frequently OsmAnd update their maps but it might take quite a while before it propagates out, unfortunately that is very much down to the client application. Kevin -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq