Offline Maps and Routing in Suunto App
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@maszop said in Offline Maps and Routing in Suunto App:
I’m referring to very remote places that are poorly marked in OSM
I understand what you are saying. However, in my experience, most locations begin their OSM journey as single points. There are only three types of features in OSM: points, lines, and areas. Streets, trails, fences, cliffs, etc. are obviously lines. Buildings, however, can be marked as both points and areas. Usually, a less-mapped area (like a remote mountain space) will have locations marked as single points because this is the fastest, easiest way to start. At some point in the future, a mapper may revisit the area and add the actual building shapes using the area feature. This can be very time consuming, so it is often not done upon initial mapping.
So, given the above, there could be a scenario where, if only building areas are shown on the map, a storm shelter, having been marked as a point, would not be visible. I see this all around my area. All of the houses in my neighborhood are mapped as areas and are visible on the watch maps, but storm shelters, restrooms, and water fountains marked as points are not.
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@duffman19 I’m referring to cases like the one in the photo example. The Suunto map shows a line representing a cliff and a building (some RAF station ruins). The Garmin Fenix 8 only has a gray background. Plus some paths, but fewer than the Suunto/OSM.
This is just a sample area containing the features I’m writing about. I don’t remember if it was the exact same location, probably yes. A year ago, I compared maps on the Fenix 8, before Suunto removed many details from the maps.
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@Tomas5 said in Offline Maps and Routing in Suunto App:
@pavel.samokha btw is there technical reason why offline and online maps differ? For example offline maps in google maps or in mapy.com are identical to online version if i am not mistaken.
Different data source
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@Stefano-M64 said in Offline Maps and Routing in Suunto App:
The offline map styles looks a bit too “cartoonish” to me, the lines thickness is larger than the online ones, resulting in a less clear graphic. Here, for example, small water flows (torrents) that are nearly invisible in the online maps are plotted so wide to nearly hide the hiking paths in the area
As I already mentioned above offline map styles are based on the watch styles and suboptimal for bigger screen, it will be improved
