What happened to my OSMand app?!

[VNwalking]

Is it just me? A few days ago it started to display red Xs everywhere:

I updated the app, but there has been no change.

 

[Darby67]

I’m not familiar with the app but I’m curious. I went to the website and although I couldn’t find that exact icon it does look like the location icons have some customizable settings. Do the locations link to locations of significance for you or are they just general app locations? Hope you get it sorted as I had an app update recently that left me completely confused, so I understand the frustration.

 

[Darby67]

Taking a look at their GitHub user discussion site it kind of looks like a Point of Interest icon. Again, I didn’t see any that matched but it looks like there were several categories that they did not have pictures for.

 

[VNwalking]

Do the locations link to locations of significance for you or are they just general app locations?

They appear to be general POIs.

I am hoping someone who's had the app for a while will chime with their two cents - first of all, to say if this is happening to them, too. These just showed up for me a few days ago.

 

[mhrheinecker]

They appear to be general POIs.

I am hoping someone who's had the app for a while will chime with their two cents - first of all, to say if this is happening to them, too. These just showed up for me a few days ago.

I use this frequently and checking today, there are no red x's showing.

 

[mhrheinecker]

They appear to be general POIs.

I am hoping someone who's had the app for a while will chime with their two cents - first of all, to say if this is happening to them, too. These just showed up for me a few days ago.

Found this link with info about reporting 'bugs' that uses red x's. https://learnosm.org/en/mobile-mapping/osmand2/
Go to section titled Adding Notes and Reporting Bugs

 

[peregrina2000]

Is it just me? A few days ago it started to display red Xs everywhere:
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I updated the app, but there has been no change.

VN, it is very possible that all of those red Xs indicate every ancient church, every bird sanctuary, every set of Roman ruins, and every other cultural landmark you have researched for us on the many planning threads where your input has been so very helpful.

I am kind of joking but kind of not.

 

[HansuutTwente]

Is it just me? A few days ago it started to display red Xs everywhere:
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I updated the app, but there has been no change.

ik heb geen problemen met de app,
alles staat er op en nieuwe route's kan ik snel toevoegen.
ik heb wel een + osmond

 

[VNwalking]

I am kind of joking but kind of not

Awwww. Gracias, amiga.

ik heb geen problemen met de app,
alles staat er op en nieuwe route's kan ik snel toevoegen.
ik heb wel een + osmond

I use this frequently and checking today, there are no red x's showing.

Ok, so clearly it's something on my end. Thanks and dank ye wel, that actually narrows down the source of the problem considerably.

 

[Pilgrim9]

Is it just me? A few days ago it started to display red Xs everywhere:
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I updated the app, but there has been no change.

In the newer version of OsmAnd for Android one can select from various colours, symbols, and shapes for one's personal Favourites aka Places. I do so myself. For example, for albuerges I choose the bunk bed symbol and for hostels and hotels and any other type of lodging that provides private rooms I choose the single bed symbol. For food stores I select the shopping cart symbol, etc. One of the available symbols is an X.

Try selecting a Favourite and then press edit. In the lower portion of the screen you should see horizontally-scrollable tabs for various categories of symbols. On my device, there are additional tabs out of sight to the right; one must drag the tabs to the left to reveal those additional tabs. Select a category tab and then select a symbol and press Save. The icon on the maps should now display the new symbol.

However, the apparent fact that many of your Favourites spontaneously changed all at the same time suggests a hiccup in the app. Being winter, your ambient air might be dry, setting the stage for a build-up of static charges on the surface of the device, which might have corrupted a file at startup. If it was me, I would close all apps, perhaps wipe down the device with a barely-water-damp cloth, let it dry, and then reboot the device, possibly several times, then restart OsmAnd and see if that fixed the problem.

None of my Favourites icons have the small downwards-pointing V-shaped feature at the bottom of the icons displayed in the image you provided.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Found this link with info about reporting 'bugs' that uses red x's. https://learnosm.org/en/mobile-mapping/osmand2/
Go to section titled Adding Notes and Reporting Bugs

Thank you @mhrheinecker. I went there and picked up some information that might help @VNwalking.

Do you want to try an experiment V?

From the main screen on Android app click the hamburger icon at the lower left and the Plugins in the popup. I'm going to make a guess that somehow you have enabled "OpenStreet editing". It will show as orange if you did and grey if not. If enabled then disable it by using the three vertical dots icon way to the right of the "OpenStreet editing" icon.

Another guess is that somehow you or the app or a cosmic ray marked all those POIs as things to delete from OpenStreetMap's database. The disable should keep that from happening.

Again, these are guesses.

 

[Pilgrim9]

There is a Google Groups forum for OsmAnd at

OsmAnd - Google Groups

groups.google.com

 

[VNwalking]

I'm going to make a guess that somehow you have enabled "OpenStreet editing"

Rick for the win!
Bingo.

Thank you!!!

 

[Oddyspapa]

For me, everything is fine so far.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Rick for the win
...
Thank you

You're welcome. Consider it payment for all the forum help you've given. And to praise all heros, this is what I used for a start:

Thank you @mhrheinecker. I went there and picked up some information that might help @VNwalking.