How to navigate "off trail"/freehand

[Dominic Bevacqua]

Hi

I've been trying to use OsmAnd for creating trail running routes. Generally it's worked well, but occasionally the map does not show any navigable paths for the route I want, even though I know that it is possible. This could either be because there are no footpaths and I just want to run/hike off trail (e.g. walk a compass bearing across open country), or because there is a discontinuity in the path. An example of the second one:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-39.36948/-71.99092

The path is interrupted by the stream. At some times of the year it might be impassable, so perhaps that map is right, but I'd still like to be able to create a route that crosses it. The general case seems valid though - create a route that is mostly footpaths but occasionally goes across country.

Is this possible or should I create a feature request? I think it could be easily incorporated into the UI as a new navigation action (something to the effect of "add as subsequent destination (by straight line)", but snappier than that!).

Many thanks

Dominic

[Grzegorz Adamiak]

All you need is a track and then navigate it. You can draw one in Osmand with the measure tool, which is very handy for that purpose.

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[Dominic Bevacqua]

Genius! That does indeed do the trick. If I want to create a track which uses a combination of snapping to "road" and freehand then I have to do the parts separately and add them to a gpx, but this is not too bad, and overall using the measure tool is probably more intuitive than routing. Thank you!

Dominic

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