OsmPad

This page describes a historic artifact in the history of OpenStreetMap. It does not reflect the current situation, but instead documents the historical concepts, issues, or ideas.

About

OsmPad was an app which helped gathering house numbers.

Impact on OpenStreetMap

Mappers used it to collect house numbers on the ground.

Reason for being historic

The development was discontinued and the app does not work any more.

Captured time

2020

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OsmPad
Author:	Ingo Eichenseher
License:	Proprietary (free of charge)
Platforms:	Android and iOS
Status:	Broken
Version:	1.0 (2012-04-19)
Languages:	English and German
Website:	http://osmpad.oaky.de
Programming languages:	Java and Objective-C
Utility to gather house numbers for OpenStreetMap
Features Feature Value Map Display Display map yes Map data raster Source online;offline Rotate map no 3D view no Shows website Shows phone number Shows operation hours Routing Routing no Create route manually Calculate route Create route via Waypoints Routing profiles car;bike;foot;wheelchair Turn restrictions no Calculate route without Internet (Offline routing) Routing providers Avoid traffic Traffic Provider Navigating Navigate no Find location no Find nearby POIs no Navigate to point no Navigation with voice / Voice guidance no Keep on road no Lane guidance Works without GPS no Navigate along predefined route Tracking Make track no Customizable log interval no Track formats gpx;osm Geotagging Fast POI buttons yes Upload GPX to OSM no Monitoring Monitoring no Show current track no Open existing track no Altitude diagram no Show POD value no Satellite view no Show live NMEA data no Show speed no Send current position mail Editing Add POIs no Edit / Delete POIs no Add way no; Edit geometries no Edit arbitrary tags of existing OSM objects no Edit relations no View notes Create notes Edit notes Work offline offline Support imagery offset DB Upload to OSM no Rendering Renderer output formats osm;gpx Accessibility Accessibility support Complete non graphics text output no Braille interface no Exploration modus no Public Transport mode no Danger Warnings no Screenreader Screenreader languages

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OsmPad is an OpenStreetMap-App which helps gathering house numbers. Nodes tagged as house numbers can be placed on an online or downloaded map and later sent as email in GPX or OSM format for further editing.

Features

• Displays OpenStreetMap maps by downloading map tiles
• Map tiles can be preloaded for offline usage
• Current GPS location is displayed
• New nodes tagged as house numbers can be created
• Entered data can be mailed as GPX and OSM Attachments
• Street names can be downloaded for easier input (Download server down since 2018)
• Map can follow GPS location

Features (iPhone/iPad)

• Track recording

Tips for offline usage

While connected to the internet bring the desired section into display (eventually switch off follow gps mode). Note that download of map and address data is only possible if zoomed in enough. Download maps and download address data. Address data is used to display street names ordered by descending distance to target location. You may switch on 'only downloaded maps' to prevent online download of map tiles. Address data never is downloaded automatically. Now you should be ready to gather house numbers without a mobile internet connection.

Tips for post processing with JOSM

• The generated OSM-Files can be opened in JOSM
• The JOSM Plugin Terracer JOSM/Plugins/Terracer is useful to merge address nodes with already existing buildings (follow the documentation on the wiki page of the Terracer plugin)
• Short Howto-Video on Youtube [1]

Tutorial

Available at User:Bitsteller/Howto Collect Addresses With OSMPad and JOSM.

Download

OsmPad is not longer available at Google Play Store.