John Harper
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OsmAndMaps Questions
I bought the contour lines plug in for California, but it does not seem to do anything. I went into Maps and Resources and clicked the box so it has
a check mark now, but no topo features so far. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Hate to pee away $1.99, that's a cold Pacifico.
In the plug in section for Wyoming and Mexico, both those contour line boxes are now checked. Hmm.
John
[Edited on 1-25-2019 by John Harper]
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Make sure you zoom in enough for them to show, do a restart on your phone. I use OSM and it is really easy to learn. trick I learned to make a
track/route on the fly is use the measuring device to measure a trail or road then save it and it will be a route you can use..
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Yes, I think it's shows some more details now. I did shut the phone off and turn it back on, maybe that helped.
John
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You will like it, much easier to use then any GPS ever..... There is a Chinese phone that is Mil spec for a few hundred bucks new on eBay that works
really good... Look on adv rider or google for all of the details.
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As AdvRider says John,
I bought a Kyocera E6560. Cost me 40 bucks I believe. Mil-Spec. I loaded on some apps, it has the GPS chip, and will run the software you speak
of. I didn't put in a phone chip, no need to, have my normal phone. works great . I run it on my motorcycle for navigation, load on trail maps
and topo, also use it as a speedometer on my POS rover that doesn't have a working speedo, plus I can load on music and podcasts and bluetooth it to
a portable speaker or your car system if its bluetooth compatible
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John Harper
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Quote: Originally posted by caj13  | As AdvRider says John,
I bought a Kyocera E6560. Cost me 40 bucks I believe. Mil-Spec. I loaded on some apps, it has the GPS chip, and will run the software you speak
of. I didn't put in a phone chip, no need to, have my normal phone. works great . I run it on my motorcycle for navigation, load on trail maps
and topo, also use it as a speedometer on my POS rover that doesn't have a working speedo, plus I can load on music and podcasts and bluetooth it to
a portable speaker or your car system if its bluetooth compatible |
That sounds great, I'll look into it. Probably has a camera too, so I can just use it when backpacking. Thank you, all.
John
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