Locus Map & OsmAnd Resources

The one or other might already know Locus Map, a great mapping and navigation solution for OffBoard (online) and OnBoard (offline) use I was using myself for quite a while. So this page is dedicated to some resources on it: Addons, links to tutorials, and more.

For a while now I've switched to OsmAnd+ – and hence want to give this open source solution room in the resource collection as well. Similar to Locus Map, OsmAnd offers offline maps and navigation, has several addons, even has POIs integrated, and more.

Locus Map

Locus Addons & Apps

2020-02-22

Locus - addon Heart rate zone (5@19) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-12
Locus - addon Pebble (4.8@29) 0 shows track recording information
Locus Map Tasker Plugin (4.8@5; ~EUR 0.50) 2 Github
Locus - addon Map Tweak (4.5@1,286) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-08-14 additional map sources
Freemap.sk addon for Locus (4.5@235) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-05-10 Slovakia: route planning & navigation using services from https://www.freemap.sk/
Coordinate Joker (4.5@12) 0
Contacts for Locus Map (4.3@1,031) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-10 access your contact list from within Locus (e.g. to navigate to a contact)
Locus - addon GSAK Database (4.3@424) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-01-03 connection between GSAK database (GeoCache manager) and Locus
Locus - addon GeoGet Database (4.2@659) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-23 connection between GeoGet database (GeoCaches) and Locus
Opencaching QuickFind (4.2@83) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-27
Locus - Addon New Cache Point (4.2@41) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-12-22 create new Geocaching Point with GC code
Locus API - Sample Solutions (4.2@5) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-14 for developers to explore functionality
Locus Map - add-on Geocaching4Locus (4.1@1,508) Ǥ 9 Github
Augmented Reality for Locus Map (4.1@896) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-10-19 Augmented Reality Addon
Locus Map Watch - outdoor navigation on your wrist (4@172) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
Locus - addon Parcel Info (3.9@305) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ information about cadastral parcel and parcel searching
Locus Addon FieldNotes (3.9@205) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-11 geocaching
Munzee for Locus Map (3.9@98) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-13
Locus - multi cache solver (3.8@130) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ geocaching
Locus - Addon Satellite Images (3.6@284) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-06
Locus Map for Garmin (3.6@60) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
WhereYouGo (2.4@2,016) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-26 Github
Locus-OUT FIT (0@0) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; exports tracks to .fit format for Garmin, Bryton and Wahoo devices

Map sources & POIs

Vektor-Maps (Google Docs) (Overview)
Vektor Maps (Forum)
HowTo für Kartenerstellung am PC (12/2010)
converting OZFX maps to Locus (10/2010)
POI Downloads (Forum)
Convert an existing KML/KMZ for offline use
How to convert IMG maps to SQL

Other Resources

Homepage
Forum (Deutschsprachiger Bereich)
Knowledge Base
User Guide / Benutzerhandbuch
Sammlung verschiedener Kurzanleitungen (3/2019)
Fahrrad-Navigation und Routenplaner mit Locus Map und OpenAndroMaps auf dem Smartphone (3/2019)
Offline Navigation Tutorial (8/2012)
importing Geocaching Pocket Query files (1/2011)
adding custom icons to categories (12/2010)
navigation voices (8/2011)
Video Tutorial 9/2015, ca. 15min / 5/2016, ca 23min
Collection of Video Tutorials

OsmAnd

OsmAnd (OpenStreetMap Automated Navigation Directions) is a map and navigation app for Android and iOS (see Wikipedia for details).

If you want to contribute to the OpenStreetMap project (yay!), please see Data Gathering for map providers. You don’t necessarily need to be a pro for that – there are also apps for beginners.

OsmAnd Addons & Apps

Parking Plugin — OsmAnd (4.7@2,371) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-27
Explorer helper for VeloViewer (4.6@24) Ǥ 9 export VeloViewer & Strave data to OsmAnd
Ski Map Plugin — OsmAnd (4.5@758) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-27
OsmAnd API Demo (4.4@49) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-12 for developers: test integration with OsmAnd and functioning of the main features
Clicknav - Easy Navigation Launcher (4.1@113) Ǥ 9
OsmAnd Online GPS Tracker (4.1@73) 8 share with contacts and groups from Telegram
Nautical Charts — OsmAnd (4@1,949) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-27 Plugin for OsmAnd
Contour lines plugin — OsmAnd (3.8@1,951; ~EUR 5.00) 0 LastUpdate: 2017-11-17

Other Resources

OsmAnd Blog
Collection of Video Tutorials in the official OsmAnd Blog
BRouter (Bike Router): Alternative route calculator for bicyclers (and hikers)
Osmand Anleitung: Kostenlose Karten- und Navigations App: A German manual first released in 12/2015 and continuously updated
ausführliche Beschreibung im OpenStreetMap Wiki (verbose German description)
Wege finden ohne Google Maps – OpenStreetMap
Offline-Navigation mit OsmAnd (7/2016)
Tutorials
- Creating a "Points of Interest" map with open source tools (9/2018)
- Live Verkehrsdaten in OsmAnd (9/2018)
- Setting up OSMand for Cycling (8/2018)
Video Tutorials
- How to download and navigate "generic" GPX tracks (2/2019)
- Collecting and managing point data (1/2019)
- Elevation Profile Tips (9/2018)
- Measuring in OsmAnd (6/2018)
- GPX tracks (4/2018)
- Creating, previewing and navigating hiking routes with OsmAnd (9/2017)
- Menu's, Settings, Poi's, Profile's, custom render style (12/2016)
- Loading maps for hiking (6/2016)
- Essentials: How to download maps, use POIs, make favourites, navigate (1/2016)

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