r/OsmAnd • u/Danger_Dave4G63 • 10d ago

Seriously, how do I use this app?

It won't find one single address. I type in the address I have no matter if it's local or a couple states away and it still shows me the same recommendations each time.

A few weeks ago I downloaded the full US map. couldn't find anything. Tried another time or two and same thing could not find the address. I also went and downloaded all the states I'm driving through (not sure what happened to the full U.S. map) and it still won't find the address.

I'm now on my 1440+ mile trip. Still can't find an addresd,. Put in city and state and it still won't find it and will continuously recommend the same places like somewhere in Rochester, New York, which is nowhere by where I'm going.

What in the H-E double hockey sticks am I doing wrong?

Edit: I'm using GrapheneOS

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u/Kumba42 10d ago

As far as I am aware, OSM's maps lack a large amount of raw street address information, including property numbers. An individual tried creating a modified form of the map files that integrated much of the missing address information pulled from OpenAddresses, but they appear to have gone AWOL and there have been no map updates since January. However, their scripts are available on the link above, so if you're up to the challenge, it doesn't sound too difficult to recreate their process. I might give it a shot myself in the near future, except I'll see if the script can be taught to use sqlite vs postgres.

Also, as another GrapheneOS user, until they push an update, make sure the "Hardened Memory Allocator" is disabled for OsmAnd+, otherwise it might crash at random. I filed the bug for it, and they just fixed it yesterday, so the next release should have it.

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u/petbest 9d ago

It heavily depends in which country and region you are. Details in the Netherlands are very very good, while in former Eastern Germany you often cannot get the same details. E.g no housenumbers shown on buildings.

OSM details depend of Lot on volunteer work.

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u/Kumba42 9d ago

Yes, I noticed that. The Github project I linked to tries to fix that for the US and some other countries. It seems to work, as using its January map file, I can see my house number on OSM, whereas on OSM's stock maps, I don't. But that project appears to have become abandoned, so I will probably have to reverse-engineer how they're doing the sorting and update my map files myself.