Unable to create route that follows road network

[silvermapper]

I have installed OruxMaps to my Moto G 'phone with a subsequent download of Great Britain from OpenAndroMaps.  I have spent two days getting to know it and am in awe of its features and capability.

One thing eludes me: I am unable to create a route that uses the underlying road network in spite of numerous attempts and reading the manual time and time again.  I created two postcode waypoints two miles apart as start and destination points as a simple exercise.  I have succeeded in obtaining a blue-arrowed straight line between them only, at best.  I have confused myself totally about what steps I should take.  Will someone help, please?

[eartrumpet]

The data contained in OpenAndroMaps is only made for viewing maps and cannot be used for routing (and also not for geocoding).

For this you can add BRouter:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=btools.routingapp&hl=de">https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... gapp&hl=de">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=btools.routingapp&hl=de

http://www.oruxmaps.com/foro/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1203">http://www.oruxmaps.com/foro/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1203

Best regards,

Tobias

[silvermapper]

Tobias

I thank you for your reply.  I should have answered my own post earlier: I came to understand OruxMaps was not routable but a viewer only.  The manual, oruxmapsmanual_en.pdf, confuses, however.  'Search A route between two points' on page 21 describes how to create a route but makes no mention of the necessity for an accompanying application such as BRouter.  I was informed about BRouter but was unable to make use of it.  I struggled with the address path in my Motorola Moto G where the internal storage path is 'storage/emulated/0'.  This is where OruxMaps resides and where I downloaded the BRouter app and its routable map.  It informed me it could not find particular .cd5 or .rd5 files.  I accepted defeat after hours of trying, unfortunately.

I feel that MapQuest not working as an online router should be addressed, too, either to withdraw the option or make clear somewhere this is the case.

Please allow me to emphasise these are constructive criticisms; I am in awe of OruxMaps that, in conjunction with OpenAndroMaps, has allowed me to move seamlessly to my smartphone from my beloved Garmin eTrex Legend while continuing to use OpenStreetMap.

Bob

[eartrumpet]

For BRouter, start the BRouter app and choose "Download Manager". You can select in a map the area to download the cd5/rd5 files (these are the necessary routing databases). Then it should work with OruxMaps.



Mapquest service is no longer available: http://www.oruxmaps.com/foro/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2913">http://www.oruxmaps.com/foro/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2913

The latest OruxMaps Beta now offers Google for online routing (haven't tested this, as it's not OSM data and thus not very useful with my maps), so with the next update this is addressed.