Planning and saving a route with OSMand on iOS - impossible?

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Purzelgnumpf

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Feb 2, 2020, 4:23:54 AM2/2/20
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Hi,

i can't believe it - it seems to me that there's actually no way to plan *and save* a route in OSMand on iOS. On my Android phone, it's simple and easy: I can plan a route from A to B, insert intermediate waypoints on the map and save the calculated route as a .gpx-track to be followed later. Easy as that. On my iPadPro, it's driving me nuts: The route planning works the same, but there's no way to save it as a .gpx-track. I had the hope that at least it should be possible to define and save a number of waypoints that can be loaded in the navigation screen, but - nope. I've tried to figure out how to use the trip planning function, but if i manage not to lose my mind with all the nested dialogues and edit-functions, the best i can create are staight linked waypoints that don't allow any turn-by-turn navigation.

So basically: Is there any chance to get the route-planning functions of OSMand on Android on the iOS-Version? OSMand is really great on Android, but i can't believe that my only option to get these basic route planning functions on a tablet in my car is to buy a Galaxy Tab...  :-/

Bart Eisenberg

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Feb 2, 2020, 11:40:23 AM2/2/20
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That sounds like a question for the developers.  They are found here: https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd-ios/issues

The gap between the iOS version and the Android version has steadily closed.  But there's more to go, and until then, the feature set of the former should be considered a subset of the latter. 

Purzelgnumpf

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Feb 3, 2020, 4:30:30 AM2/3/20
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THX for the link, i've posted the question there now:

Bart Eisenberg

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Feb 3, 2020, 4:46:21 AM2/3/20
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It looks like this issue is similar to yours: https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd-ios/issues/249

Nick Payne

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Feb 4, 2020, 1:31:58 PM2/4/20
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Looks like the developers have added this capability very recently: https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd-ios/commit/1c19dbd90fa9e70c84bccbc699381d2b264ca896.

Purzelgnumpf

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Feb 4, 2020, 1:36:55 PM2/4/20
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...yes, they have - i'm currently testing Version 3.12 (Beta) and saving / loading planned routes as .gpx-files works great!  :-)
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