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Hello Orux,
it is really annoying that Google's restrictions again and again cause problems for users and developers. So first of all I thank you for struggling with these inconveniences in order to provide this great app.

Now my first impressions (of course with the first problems):

The migration to the media folder worked well. I support Tronpo's suggestion to inform the users that the files are copied and not moved.

With bRouter I found two issues:

• OM isn't able to load the updates ('Error, OruxMaps can't write in that directory!') - which should be a logical consequence of not beeing able to use other folders.
• The route planner doesn't show all brouter profiles - probably the same reason.

And another problem with the path to the legends:
I collected all my legends in a folder called 'legends' in the OM folder. Now I moved this folder to the private folder but in OM I can only choose files within the mapfiles or mapstyles folder and not navigate to my legends folder.

Best regards
Martin

I've just tried geotagging photos with 10.7.4 GP and 10.8.0 beta 3 on my old Xiaomi Redmi 4x (Android 7, MIUI 11) and it didn't work with neither of the two versions.

For the issue of unprepared downloading, there is also another option, it is to download an area based on a track loaded on the screen.

This is a feature I already know. But I think this is intended for downloading maps for smaller areas because when you select e.g. a bigger region or even a whole country, the map lacks of higher zoom levels. I would prefer to have the option to chose the zoom levels (and see the size of the map before creation) just like in the map creator.

Best regards and thank you very much for your help
Martin

Geo tagging photos is possible with oruxmaps for some time now.
Just check the boxes in the waypoint settings > extension.

Hello Tronpo,
thanks a lot for your quick reply.
Indeed the options for geotagging photos is a feature i haven't realized up to your hint ... but it doesn't work for me.

What I have tried so far:
created a waypoint - added a photo without geotag -> neither the original photo nor the copy OM creates in the pictures folder has geo information stored in its metadata

'import waypoints from external sources' - loaded photo with wrong position as waypoint - corrected position in the map -> the position in the metadata of the original image is not changed

The settings are set as you described. I tried it with 10.7.4 GP and 10.8.0 beta 3 on a Pixel 4a with Android 13. Did you succeed in changing a picture's geotag?

Hello Orux,
I'm sure you don't suffer from a lack of ideas for Oruxmaps but maybe you'll find my suggestions useful:

Possibility to geotag photos:
Sometimes the position stored in photos is wrong (e.g. due to a weak GPS signal) or there is no position stored in a picture's metadata.
In OM you can create waypoints from geotagged photos or add pictures to waypoints. I think it could be useful to write the position of the waypoint to the photo's metadata or maybe even better to have the possibility to save a copy of the picture with the coordinates of the waypoint (so the original picture will not be changed).

Creating offline maps within a border (track, imported gpx or kml)
Now it's possible to create offline maps within a rectangle (which is forgotten after the creation process) or along a path.
The function to create an offline map with a track as border makes it easier to create either maps for exactly the same region from different sources or to create an updated map when the source is updated.

Thank you for your great App
Martin

Servus Martin,

Hoch-/Querformat:
Werden (1) alle Miniaturansichten im Querformat angezeigt oder (2) die Fotos im Vollbild in einem externen Bildbetrachter? Wenn 1 (passiert bei mir nicht), könnte es sein, dass deine Kamera die Orientierung falsch in den Metadaten speichert. Wenn 2, könnte es entweder ebenfalls an den Metadaten oder aber an den Einstellungen deines Bildbetrachters (welche App das auch immer ist) liegen. Eventuell gibt es in dieser App eine Einstellung "Bilder automatisch drehen" oder ähnliches.

Eigene Ordner für Wegpunkte:
Im Wegpunktmanager kannst du mit dem Pluszeichen rechts oben eigene Ordner anlegen. Danach markierst du alle Punkte, die da rein sollen und verschiebst sie in den Ordner (Burgermenü links unten - grundlegende Änderungen - Ordner).

Zuordnung zu Track:
Die Zuordnung hatte ich im ersten Post schon beschrieben (Wegpunkte auswählen - Burgermenü links unten - grundlegende Änderungen - Track-Zugehörigkeit - Track, dem die Bilder zugeordnet werden sollen, auswählen - OK)

Export mit Bildern:
Im Trackmanager Track auswählen - Burgermenü links unten - in eine Datei exportieren - Format wählen; kmz (Google-Earth, können aber auch viele andere Programme öffnen)
Die kmz-Datei findest du im Ordner Tracklogs im Oruxmaps-Ordner. Du kannst auch "mit Hilfe einer externen App teilen" und kmz wählen, wenn du die Datei gleich weiterleiten willst.
Bei einigen hundert Bildern dürfte die Datei in Abhängigkeit der Fotoauflösung allerdings ziemlich groß ausfallen. Ob das problemlos geht, musst du ausprobieren.

Viele Erfolg
Martin

PS:
Als Tipp für weitere Fragen:
Es ist meist hilfreich, die App-Version, die Androidversion und - wie hier - weitere verwendete Programme (Bildbetrachter) abzugeben, da sich unterschiedliche Versionen oft unterschiedlich verhalten oder zu bedienen sind.

Hello Orux,
maybe you could add a bigger preview for images which are connected to waypoints in the information window that is opened when you click on a waypoint.

Best regards
Martin

Your request is quite interesting and of general interest, at least also for me.

I agree, this information would be very useful. But i'd rather see it in the map manager than in the map.

Best regards
Martin

Servus Martin,
sowohl mit der aktuellen 10.7.4 GP als auch mit der 10.8.0 beta 3 kannst du mehrere Bilder auf einmal importieren:
Wegpunkte verwalten - Burgermenü links unten - Wegpunkte aus externer Quelle importieren - Bilder auswählen - OK - warten, da der Import von mehreren hundert Bildern sicher einige Zeit dauert (ich hab's mir mit ca. 30 Bildern probiert und es dauert ein bisschen)

Nach dem Import wählst du alle Wegpunkte aus - Burgermenü links unten - grundlegende Änderungen - Track-Zugehörigkeit - Track, dem die Bilder zugeordnet werden sollen, auswählen - OK

In der Karte kannst du jetzt die Miniaturansicht eines Bildes anklicken, dann den eingeblendeten Namen des Punktes und dann im eingeblendeten Eigenschaftenfenster den Namen des Bildes (mit dem Kamerasymbol davor). Das Foto wird von einer externen App angezeigt.

Viele Grüße
Martin (noch so einer)

But now several custom files can coexist, you can even name them to your liking to differentiate them, always with extension .xml

Hello Tronpo,
just a small off topic question:
Where do you find information about new features like this one? Every time a new version is released I start searching in the settings and menus. Is there a detailed list of changes somewhere besides the sparse info "Other minor changes" in OM and the betas section of this forum?

Best regards
Martin

Hello Orux,
the alternative routes in the route planner of beta 8 are a fantastic improvement. Just one suggestion: could you please add the length and duration of the selected route to the ones of the alternatives on the bottom right - so it's easier to compare the routes. Adding ascent and descent would make this feature perfect in my opinion. The data of the selected route on top of the screen waste too much space on smaller displays.

Best regards
Martin

Hello japetus,
you can use  your kml + folder but - as you wrote - you have to change the path to the pictures. I placed a folder called 'test' in the 'DCIM' folder on my internal storage. In this folder there is my kml file and a folder 'photos' with the pictures called 'p1.jpg', 'p2.jpg' and so on. The correct path in the kml is src="storage/emulated/0/DCIM/test/photos/p1.jpg".
I just created a 449 MB kmz with 210 pictures with GeoSetter and Google Earth, loaded it in OM and it worked lightning fast both as route and as overlay. I definitely would recommend the kmz way.

Best regards
Martin

Hello japetus,
you can save your kml file with photo waypoints as kmz file in Google Earth. This kmz file is a zip file which contains your kml and the images. When you open this kmz in OM either as overlay or as route, you'll see your photo wayppints with a little preview image. By tapping on a waypoint you open its properties window where you can load the image in your phone's photo viewer.

Best regards
Martin

Another piece of information, if you look in the OruxMaps folders there is a new folder called brouter, there is where the profiles of the OM_profiles app are now saved. You keep seeing them because they were recorded from the previous beta in the brouter folder.
I install each beta from 0, so I can better see the changes and avoid legacy bugs.
Best regards

Hello Tronpo,
thanks für the information about the new profiles folder. Finding all changes in OM sometimes seems like a treasure hunt to me.

Starting from zero is surely best to find new features and bugs. I've always been too lazy to configure OM from scratch each time a new beta is published. I know that I can import settings via profiles, maps (wms, wmts, composite), intents and legends but predefined (and not wanted) intents and wms maps are not replaced by the backup and have to be deleted manually. Moreover these steps have to be done individually. The optimal settings backup and restore routine should unify these steps to a complete settings backup.

The option to change profiles' settings (the gear wheel) is really a great improvement to the route planner.

Hello with the latest beta 7, I don't have access to all brouter profiles.
@Lenz You can confirm if the same thing happens to you

Hi Tronpo,
in my case all 11 OM and all 21 brouter profiles are shown in the dropdown list. I created a two point route and let it recalculate with every profile and all worked well (except car-eco-de which always caused an error).
My profiles are on the internal storage in the media folder as i don't have a memory card.
By the way, in beta 7 OM creates a 'new' profile called 'remote.brf' which is identical to 'OM_Running.brf'