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Satellite maps on fdroid? (self.fdroid)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by ace_garp to c/[email protected]

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RMaps previously provided free satellite imagery, and any geo-location could be shared from OSMand to RMaps, to quickly show a satellite overview. (Tiles from ARCGIS IIRC)

What is the current state of satellite imagery in fdroid?

How can an OSMand location be quickly opened as a satellite view?

Edit: Extra info is, I'm looking for an offline satellite image solution. Full pre-loading of a specific areas, before travel.

With RMaps, it was possible to pre-load the tiles for the remote-location needed at various zoom-levels, before travelling a few 100kms from cell-towers, and then still being able to access an offline-satellite-view of those locations when there.

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[–] JubilantJaguar 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not elegant but you can effectively preload the tiles by just swiping around the relevant zone at a bunch of zoom levels while you have a connection. The cache is not actively purged so the tiles will be available when you need them. I've regularly done this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

OsmAnd does support this now. You need to activate the overlay/underlay you want to download, press&hold anywhere on the map, then in the menu do Actions > Download Map.

[–] JubilantJaguar 3 points 3 weeks ago

Great news.

[–] ace_garp 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Holding down on the map --> pressing 'Actions' --> then 'Download map' works very well offline, thank you!

I did not know about the offline satellite download within OSMand, TIL.

What is the most open and still usable satellite tileset? Is it MS Hybrid?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think it depends a lot on where you are. Where I am, the government (kinda unofficially) provides excellent quality (<10 cm/px in some cities, and <50cm/px for the entire country) orthographically adjusted aerial imaging, that's a lot better than any commercial solution.