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Thank you , yes I have used many of the apps on my previous 7 caminos I am just wanting to do a little more adventuring this time.wi assume you want these maps for the camino. I have a really simple solution. Just download wise pilgrim or buen camino app and look at their gps maps. They are so simple an idiot like me can follow them. There is even a line that designated the camino and a little dot to show you where you are. Even easier is just to follow the arrows. On the popular caminos there are zillions of arrows. Easy as can be.
Well good luck have lots of fun and buen caminoThank you , yes I have used many of the apps on my previous 7 caminos I am just wanting to do a little more adventuring this time.
Thomas, I now have on my iPhone 12 six different apps capable of opening downloaded tracks.With Iphones it sometimes is indeed different. It is still not clear with what IPhones it is different.
I hope this helps. If not, let me know.
After downloading:
- At the top right of the window appears when the download is complete a circle with an arrow downwards, click on this;
- In this overview, click the downloaded file;
- At the top right of the window a square appears with an arrow up;
- Click here; A window with a number of icons appears, including the app 'organic maps'
- Click on the desired app to open the program;
- The downloaded routes (or the 'voorzieningen' if you downloaded that file) are now displayed on the map.
I am just another amateur here, and I use an Android with maps.me. But I wonder if maybe you should not be downloading specifically "to the 'files' app". In the past, with maps.me, I emailed the files to myself, opened the email on my phone, clicked on the attachment to the email, and then followed the prompts on my phone, without deliberately placing the tracks anywhere. I let the phone do its thing, and the tracks magically appeared on the maps.I have downloaded various routes several times each to the ‘files’ app.
Depends on how well you can use your smartphone's built-in file manager or your app replacement for it. I've gotten the feeling after reading years worth of postings that there aren't many that are comfortable about this. In that case the downloading of tracks can be done on laptops and desktops where the file manager software is easier to use and then get them over to the smartphone. Emailing them to yourself as attachments is an easy way to do that.But I wonder if maybe you should not be downloading specifically "to the 'files' app".
Yes, I do that for some files, but I've never quite figured out how the KML files are supposed to be organized on my phone apps, so I try to avoid messing them up!the downloading of tracks can be done on laptops and desktops where the file manager software is easier to use and then get them over to the smartphone.
Think of it as similar to how you might organize your pictures of previous caminos on a home computer. Perhaps a directory structure something like:I've never quite figured out how the KML files are supposed to be organized on my phone apps, so I try to avoid messing them up!
Just a first check: did you dowload the KML file?Thomas, I now have on my iPhone 12 six different apps capable of opening downloaded tracks.
Interestingly, I have downloaded various routes several times each to the ‘files’ app. When I click the box to reveal the icons available - the icons available vary each time, even for the same downloaded tracks.
I thought it may depend on which apps were open at the time but there doesn’t seem to be a correlation.
I am now desperately curious to know what’s going on here … any whiz kids out there
Feeling very foolish now but I’m not finding the ‘start’ button.Just a first check: did you dowload the KML file?
Then Rick reminded me (thanks Rick!) on the possibility in organic maps to load tracks directed form the app (in maps.me this was not possible) Soon I want to update the manual on this.
If you click the start button and then go to the bottom. You will see 'import bookmarks'.
Does that work on an Iphone?
I'm not seeing a start button on my Organic Maps Android app either. I call up the app and click on the star icon on the bottom. That brings up a new page and the Import Bookmarks shows up at the bottom there.Feeling very foolish now but I’m not finding the ‘start’ button.
The pictures below show the iPhone options Rick. I am still not seeing an ‘import bookmark’ optionI'm not seeing a start button on my Organic Maps Android app either. I call up the app and click on the star icon on the bottom. That brings up a new page and the Import Bookmarks shows up at the bottom there.
I would try tapping on the icon with the two stars and three short parallel lines, and see if that opens up the Bookmarks screen.The pictures below show the iPhone options Rick. I am still not seeing an ‘import bookmark’ optionView attachment 140724
Thanks Doug that icon opens the screen in the second photo above. When I tap on ‘My Places’ for example the 3rd screen opens which as you can see gives an option to export but not import.I would try tapping on the icon with the two stars and three short parallel lines, and see if that opens up the Bookmarks screen.
Sorry for the confusion I gave. 'Start button' was indeed the 'star button'Thanks Doug that icon opens the screen in the second photo above. When I tap on ‘My Places’ for example the 3rd screen opens which as you can see gives an option to export but not import.
Thank you for all the thought you have put into this.
I can confirm this approach, using a file manager to open the file, does work on an Android. It will identify those apps which can use the .kml/.kmz format and ask which one to use.On opening you then select Organic Maps as the app to open the track (this method probably works for Android too; I haven't tested it).
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