Alminav
Alminav
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| Author: | almica |
| License: | Proprietary (free, InApp payment) |
| Platform: | Android |
| Version: | 1.0.196 (2018-08-25) |
| Languages: | German and English |
| Website: | in googlePlay |
| Install: | |
| Programming language: | Java |
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Android offline navigation - Mapsforge vector maps - Offline route calculation - Display maps with contourlines - GPS recording as kml or gpx file - Import KML and GPX routes - Elevation and velocity charts | |
Alminav is an Android navigation app for hiking and cycling
Contents
Alminav is a lightweight maps and navigation app for outdoor activities Outdoor activities such as hiking and cycling. It has offline functionality when there's no internet connectivity. After the maps have been downloaded, all functions like route calculation and search for localities, streets and Pois are possible without Internet. Alminav is great for hiking and riding a bicycle, it can also be used as an orientation aid when driving.
Maps
If a GPS position has been found (in Follow GPS or in Routeplanner with My position), a dialog for map download or map selection starts. The suitable map can be selected from this dialog. Maps can also be selected and downloaded from map fragment.
Route calculation
In world map only airplane navigation is possible, start and destination points will be connected by linear distances. In country road maps (Germany, France ...) car can be selected as routing vehicle.
For the other maps the route calculation with different vehicles (walking, cycling, driving) is possible. The route calculation is fastest with small map tiles due to their small size.
Follow GPS
The center of the map (blue circle or arrow) is the current GPS position, as long as the map has not been scrolled. The map is aligned again when you tap on the GPS marker. When travelling forward the map is following the GPS postion.
Bar with GPS data
- Tap on GPS velocity value will show a chart indicating the progress of speed.
- Tap on GPS elevation value will show a chart indicating the progress of elevation.
- Tap on distance value will change the background color of GPS bar, map scrolling is disabled.
- Tap on GPS time value will start/stop the speedometer display, the battery consumption is then lower.
- Long press on the map area also starts the speedometer display.
Features
- Map view using vector maps (MapsForge format) with OpenStreetMaps data
- Offline route calculation
- Display maps with contourlines and hillshading
- Streetmaps for Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands and more
- GPS recording as kml or gpx file
- Import KML and GPX routes
- Elevation chart
- Velocity chart
- Speedometer
- GPS Status display
- Street search
- City search
- Import photos with geotag as pois
- Replay route
- Poi Database
- Map orientation in moving direction
- Alminav: Navigation for cycling and hiking
Routeplanner with elevation profile
Route elevation profile
Route overview
Poi Favorites
Maps
Map tiles
Small map tiles
These map tiles are divided into one degree square tiles. Storage size of a map with navigation data averages about 20 MB. For example the tile n52e010 contains map data for the area with latitudes between 52°N and 53°N and longitudes between 10°E and 11°E. The route calculation is fast with map tiles due to their small size. These areas are covered by map tiles:
- Germany
- France
- Denmark
- Benelux
- Austria
- Switzerland
- Great Britain England
- Great Britain Wales
- Spain
- Italy including Sardinia, Sicily and Ischia
- Portugal
- Greece including Crete, Rhodos and Corfu
- Poland
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Hungary
- Croatia
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- Slovenia
- The Alps
- The Mediterranean coast of Tunisia
- Parts of Turkey including the Mediterranean coast
- Mallorca
- Corsica
Large map tiles
These map tiles have different sizes and an extension of several longitudes and latitudes. Example: The section n48e005_2x2 contains the area between the latitudes north 48 ° and 50 ° (2 latitudes) and between the longitude east 5 ° and 7 ° (2 longitudes). The large map tiles cover a large part of Europe. From Scandinavia only Denmark and southern Sweden are included.
Regional maps
Federal states of Germany
Regions in France
Alsace, Franche-Comté, Lorraine, Provence, Rhône-Alpes.
Mediterranean coastal areas of Spain and Portugal
Andalusia, Catalonia, Valencia, Algarve.
Alpine regions and regions of northern Italy and southern Switzerland
Grisons, Salzburg, Styria, South Tyrol, Ticino, Tyrol, Toscana, Wallis.
Islands
- Canarias
- Cyprus
- Crete
- Madeira
- Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Ibiza, Menorca)
Road maps for countries
The routes do not contain elevation data. Only car navigation is possible.
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Austria
- Switzerland
- Great Britain: England
- Great Britain: Wales
- Spain
- Denmark
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Greece
- Portugal
- Poland
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Hungary
- Croatia
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- Slovenia
Map styles
Map styles (renderthemes) can be used to change the display of maps:
- Simply Hike
- Outdoor
- Military
- Osmarender
- NigthView
- Alminav: Map styles with hill shading
Simply Hike
Outdoor
Military
Osmarender
Upgrade
The limitation of maps import can be removed by in app purchases. The first three small map tiles can be imported for free.
Apis
- Vector maps rendering: mapsforge wiki
- Route calculation: http://graphhopper.com
Changes
Version 1.0.196 (Aug 25, 2018)
- Settings management improved
- Bugfixes
Version 1.0.195 (Aug 13, 2018)
- Sea areas are colored blue in the maps
- Bugfixes
Version 1.0.194 (Jul 23, 2018)
- More internal cities stored in database with better queries
- Unified Layouts of various map overviews
- Display of database pois improved
- Show nearest Poi from database, if route guidance is inactive (optional)
- Bugfixes
Version 1.0.193 (Jun 15, 2018)
- UI improvements: Display of GPS tracks, display of my pois, map selection
- Bugfix: Some screens could not be scrolled to bottom in landscape mode
- Bugfix: NPE in purchase activity (happened seldom)
- Bugfix: NPE in Route planner after calling Poi database (happened seldom)
Version 1.0.192 (May 25, 2018)
- Bugfix: Crash at screen rotation in gps tracks list view
Version 1.0.191 (May 24, 2018)
- Bugfix: Crash at screen rotation main view
Version 1.0.190 (May 23, 2018)
- GPS track list view has been improved
- German cycle trails can be sorted by distance
- Billing process reworked with migration to billing library v3
- Bugfix: Android 8 crash at first GPS fix
- Correction: Avoid downloading large map tiles when a small map tile has been selected for download
Version 1.0.184 (May 11, 2018)
- Improved route guidance: distances are displayed in m, update interval can be changed
- Internal change: Better crash reporting with Crashlytics
- Internal change: New mapsforge library release 0.9.1
- Bugfix: Crash in CycleTrailList and more
Version 1.0.183 (May 02, 2018)
- Acoustic signals for routing guidance (optional)
- Correction: Map change from speedometer view is not working
- Foto load process can be canceled now
- Bugfixes: Crash when map initialization fails, crash when recalculating empty route and more
Version 1.0.182 (Apr 17, 2018)
- Refresh in route elevation chart dialog updates elevation data of route (not only in chart)
- Bugfixes for exceptions in some special cases: Map initialization error, device without external storage, screen orientation change and more
Version 1.0.181 (Apr 09, 2018)
- Correction: Disabling external contourlines in settings does not work
- Corrections for devices without external storage
- Removed a deprecated function, which in some cases caused an exception
Version 1.0.180 (Mar 31, 2018)
- Added new big tile maps
- Added missing data for poi databases
- Improved Poi database dialog
Version 1.0.179 (Mar 20, 2018)
- Added new big tile maps
- Contour lines can be displayed in all maps
- Improved download dialogues and overview maps
- Pois can be deleted in the Poi-list display
- Bugfix: Crash in edit poi after tap on marker
Version 1.0.178 (Mar 02, 2018)
- Added big tile maps
- Bugfixes and improvements
Version 1.0.177 (Jan 29, 2018) Version 175/176/177
- New speedometer layout
- Bugfix: Crash when poi has invalid coordinates
- Bugfix: Crash when selecting last entry in waypoint list
- Bugfix: Crash when pressing back while cycletrail preview is showing
Version 1.0.176 (Jan 27, 2018)
- New speedometer layout
- Bugfix: Crash when poi has invalid coordinates
- Bugfix: Crash when selecting last entry in waypoint list
Version 1.0.174 (Jan 18, 2018)
- New function: Download all missing hillshade tiles
- Long route menu devided into two parts
- New big tile maps
- Bugfix: NPE when copying mapfolder contents
Version 1.0.173 (Jan 11, 2018)
- New big tile maps covering DACH, Alps and Northern Italy
- Internal changes to avoid OutOfMemory errors
- Hillshading is available
Version 1.0.172 (Dec 26, 2017)
- Bugfix: Pressing back button does not work in some cases
- Simplification of poi and route-dialogs
- More minor corrections
Version 1.0.171 (Nov 23, 2017)
- Many activities have been converted into dialog fragments for better performance
- App is associated with file extensions GPX and KML
Version 1.0.170 (Nov 10, 2017)
- Improvement of some menu layouts
- Improvement of selection dialog for map folder and poifile
- A new route folder can be created in dialog for route saving
- Simplified poi vector drawables for better performance
- Bugfix: No overwriting of Pois with cycletrails
Version 1.0.169 (Nov 02, 2017) VERSION 168: Improved dialog for routes loading and saving VERSION 169: Bugfix version
Version 1.0.167 (Oct 17, 2017) Show correct category in Poi edit dialog Bugfixes for some crashes that occur rarely: PoiCategories.getStringReverse StringIndexOutOfBoundsException, Settings.onSharedPreferenceChanged NumberFormatException
Version 1.0.166 (Oct 06, 2017)
- Improved display of route guidance
- Buttons in Routeplanner for setting and adding a destination
- Performance: Less memory usage
Version 1.0.165 (Sep 19, 2017)
- Locations and streets are included in the Poi database
- Database Pois can be sorted by distance and more improvements in Poi functions
Version 1.0.164 (Aug 29, 2017) VERSION 163 Less memory usage due to internal change Bugfix: Avoid crash when tapping on invalid map position Routes and streets are stored in their own directory VERSION 164 Bugfix: Crash when starting Pois database activity
Version 1.0.163 (Aug 28, 2017) Less memory usage due to internal change Bugfix: Avoid crash when tapping on invalid map position Routes are stored in their own directory Streets are stored in their own directory
Version 1.0.162 (Aug 24, 2017) New function in routeplanner: Create round trips
Version 1.0.161 (Aug 12, 2017)
- Show list of cycle trails in dialog
- Preview cycle trail before download
- Improvements in dialog for file settings
Version 1.0.160 (Aug 04, 2017)
- Geographical grid can be displayed
- German cycletrails are available in routeplanner
Version 1.0.159 (Jul 28, 2017)
- Improved display dialogs for cities, streets, and pois
- Correction: Map didn't follow GPS any more after adding several pois
Version 1.0.158 (Jul 26, 2017) VERSION 158
- Improved error handling if map is invalid
- Correction: Background color of localities spinner
Version 1.0.157 (Jul 25, 2017) VERSION 157
- Bugfix: Crash when displaying streets
- Layouts for the display of localities, streets and pois have been reworked
VERSION 156
- New regional maps: Alsace, Franch Comte, Lorraine, Provence, Rhone-Alpes
- Improved display of Pois (Poi databases must be recreated)
- City directories of map tiles can be downloaded when using region* or country-maps
Version 1.0.156 (Jul 24, 2017)
- New regional maps: Alsace, Franch Comte, Lorraine, Provence, Rhone-Alpes
- Improved display of Pois (Poi databases must be recreated)
- City directories of map tiles can be downloaded when using region* or country-maps
Version 1.0.155 (Jul 14, 2017)
- Download dialogue improved
- Map hosting with Firebase
Version 1.0.154 (Jul 10, 2017)
- Poi marker size can be changed with graphic elements settings
- For clarity the routes are no more displayed as pois
- Download dialogue simplified
Version 1.0.153 (Jul 03, 2017) Improvements in Pois database viewer Bugfix: Crash when map tile overview is terminated, if GPS is active
Version 1.0.152 (Jun 16, 2017)
- Tapping on a route line opens route menu
- Option to display all localities in map
- Improved color selection dialogue for route color
Version 1.0.151 (Jun 13, 2017)
- Tapping on poi marker opens context menu for pois
- Tapping on route marker opens context menu for distance markers
- Cities of other maps can be used
- Improved help with download errors
Version 1.0.150 (May 28, 2017) Bugfix: Exception in City/Street list activity Bugfix: Exception when editing route with distance markers
Alminav3D is an extension of Alminav. It uses the data (maps, pois ...) of Alminav and has no download function, so it is only useful in combination with Alminav. Alminav3D uses OpenGL graphic functions and provides a perspective view of maps. [1]
- Alminav3D: Perspective view of maps
Perspective view of maps
Route elevation profile with current position
GPS velocity profile
- Offline detailed vector maps
- Offline route calculation
- Topographic maps with contourlines
- Record GPS tracks as KML or GPX file
- Import KML and GPX routes
- Cities search
- Street search
- Sqlite Database with OSM Pois
- Replay route
- Map styles can be choosed
- Map orientation in moving direction
- Perspective view of maps
- GPS Elevation chart
- GPS Velocity chart
- Route Elevation chart
