GPX Track line width thin though ‘Configure map – Tracks – Appearance Bold’

[gery...@gmail.com]

Currently OsmAnd+ 3.8.4 is installed. Already a few months, I suspect after a previous update, choosing the width for GPX tracks does not show an effect any more (and the track displays quite thin).

This used to be working fine earlier in 2020. Just in case, I tried to uninstall and reinstall the app, but no change. Same when I tried new installation of OsmAnd on another phone.

See the 4 screens attached: Setting for Tracks – Appearance and how the track displays, both for Bold and Thin.

No difference in width visible.

As I said, this was working fine earlier. I have been using this mainly on bicycle tours, with the phone mounted to the handlebar. As thin as the track is now, with some sunlight present I cannot see anything.

Please advise

[Herwig Dierckx]

Hello

I have the same issue. I found a temporary work-around :

• Look for your track under My Places - Tracks.
  
• Below the button "Show on map" , there's a color-palette for Appearance.
• Scrolling down you can select the color and the width, but changing from Thin to Bold , doesn't have any effect.
• Only if you select Custom and use the slider underneath, you can change the width.

It's quite cumbersome, but otherwise it's indeed not useable on a bike-ride.

Good luck

Op dinsdag 12 januari 2021 om 01:35:18 UTC+1 schreef gery...@gmail.com:

[gery...@gmail.com]

Hello Herwig and all,

Thanks for this hint. I had not seen or tried under ‘My Places – Tracks – Appearance’, but continued to use the old path ‘Configure map – Tracks’ (with quite limited functionality). ‘My Places – Tracks’ is new from rel. 3.8.

For me, changing line width using the Thin Medium Bold buttons works fine, no need to use Custom.

It looks like with rel. 3.8 the new ‘My Places – Tracks – Appearance’ was brought in and the old ‘Configure map – Tracks – Appearance’ forgotten.

The old one is neither turned off nor linked to the new one. It still has some functionality and effect on tracks, but quite weird (if I copy a new track to folder files/tracks, then I can still change color with the old Appearance, but not line width any more).

This is inconsistent and confusing. I believe this should be changed. Any moderator or similar who can comment on this? Depending on comment I could raise an issue in Github for this.

[Bart Eisenberg]

I agree: having two places to change the appearance of tracks is confusing, and Configure map – Tracks – Appearance now seems obsolete.  

It looks to me like UI is moving toward putting all GPX controls in My places - Tracks, which is a good thing..  The developers just need to complete the move.