I use Locus since I bought my first Android phone and love it. I create my own maps and themes.
Now I want to go a step further and create my own poi database. I used the mapsforge poi-writer plugin and generated a sqlite database. Renamed it to *.db (eg. my.db) and copied it next to the *.map (my.map)
I restart Locus and tried Menu -> More-> Points of Interest and get a screen with a database logo and "No data in list!"
The Locus Store does not offer POI files either! Not for Canberra /Australia but I also checked Germany /Bavaria. There is just a current version of the LoMaps with the new offline Addresses and heaps of winter maps from Outdooractive.
So, how could I generate them and where would I put them?
I searched the forum already: so far I found the name has to be the same as the offline map file with *.db. The should be downloadable from the Store, but can't find them. Is Locus (v3.17.1) capable of reading the SQLite format of the poi-writer plugin (v0.6.1)? Or are you using another format? And by the way, what would the format for the offline Address search be.
Thanks in advance
Einix
Hi,
Locus POI DB is part of LoMaps. You can download the latest version (2016.04.01) that contains map, poi db and address db.
We use own utility for generation of POI DB and this utility was create earlier then Mapsforge solution. For this reason Locus does not recognize the DB created by Mapsforge generator.
Mentioned utility is not public and for this reason is not possible to create own POI DB. There was some discussion that we could publish it but there is no final decision.
Regards
Petr
Hi,
Locus POI DB is part of LoMaps. You can download the latest version (2016.04.01) that contains map, poi db and address db.
We use own utility for generation of POI DB and this utility was create earlier then Mapsforge solution. For this reason Locus does not recognize the DB created by Mapsforge generator.
Mentioned utility is not public and for this reason is not possible to create own POI DB. There was some discussion that we could publish it but there is no final decision.
Regards
Petr
Thanks for the quick reply.
So I did download the LoMaps and both POI search and offline addresses work like a charme. Thanks for your greate work.
I would be even happier if you would publish that utility. Maybe 'as it is' without support etc. But it would save me some time developing my own POI search app, as I did for the offline address search already.
Thanks again. I am looking forward to seeing what great features are coming next ;-)
Cheers
Einix
Thanks for the quick reply.
So I did download the LoMaps and both POI search and offline addresses work like a charme. Thanks for your greate work.
I would be even happier if you would publish that utility. Maybe 'as it is' without support etc. But it would save me some time developing my own POI search app, as I did for the offline address search already.
Thanks again. I am looking forward to seeing what great features are coming next ;-)
Cheers
Einix
Hello Nicolai,
basically POI DB is open sqlite database so you can open, read it or write own data. However I suggest that you want to know if there is any SW or utility that can be used for generation of POI DB. Unfortunately the utility we use, is private at this moment. On the other hand we already discussed the possibility to offer it as public tool in Locus team but there is not final decision.
BTW: can I ask you what is the best update interval for you? Or better would you please describe how do you use offline POI DB and why is important for you to have more frequent updates?
Thank you and Happy New Year
Best regards
Petr
Hello Nicolai,
basically POI DB is open sqlite database so you can open, read it or write own data. However I suggest that you want to know if there is any SW or utility that can be used for generation of POI DB. Unfortunately the utility we use, is private at this moment. On the other hand we already discussed the possibility to offer it as public tool in Locus team but there is not final decision.
BTW: can I ask you what is the best update interval for you? Or better would you please describe how do you use offline POI DB and why is important for you to have more frequent updates?
Thank you and Happy New Year
Best regards
Petr
Hello Petr,
thank you for your answer!
I would be very happy, if there would be an public tool, which allows you to create own POI DB. The reason, why I would like to have such an tool, or have more updates of the POI DB's:
Maybe you know, that I'm using maps from openandromaps. These maps are updated once per month. Sometimes I see POI's in the map, but the POI is not in the POI DB from Locus, because the POI DB is outdated. That can be very annoying.
The best update interval of the POI DB for me would be once per month.
I hope you can understand me.
Best regards
Nicolai
Hello Petr,
thank you for your answer!
I would be very happy, if there would be an public tool, which allows you to create own POI DB. The reason, why I would like to have such an tool, or have more updates of the POI DB's:
Maybe you know, that I'm using maps from openandromaps. These maps are updated once per month. Sometimes I see POI's in the map, but the POI is not in the POI DB from Locus, because the POI DB is outdated. That can be very annoying.
The best update interval of the POI DB for me would be once per month.
I hope you can understand me.
Best regards
Nicolai
Hello guys,
I think that there should be a possibility of making own POI database. It is very useful for OSM editors. If you do some change in the map you can immediately download POIs to Locus.
Next reason is that now you have to buy LoMaps but lots of users use their own OSM maps from other sources.
Hello guys,
I think that there should be a possibility of making own POI database. It is very useful for OSM editors. If you do some change in the map you can immediately download POIs to Locus.
Next reason is that now you have to buy LoMaps but lots of users use their own OSM maps from other sources.
@Jakub Konečný
I fully agree with you.
At the moment I only buy the LoMaps because of the POI files. Therefore an tool for POI creation would be wonderful!
@Jakub Konečný
I fully agree with you.
At the moment I only buy the LoMaps because of the POI files. Therefore an tool for POI creation would be wonderful!
Mapsforge provides POI files http://download.mapsforge.org/pois/?C=M;O=D
But I cannot comment on its structure. And Cruiser can display them.
I hope that Locus will finally work jointly with the Mapsforge team on this subject. No use to have two competing approaches in the same eco system.
(The adress DB aspect is not covered by Mapsforge, though.)
Mapsforge provides POI files http://download.mapsforge.org/pois/?C=M;O=D
But I cannot comment on its structure. And Cruiser can display them.
I hope that Locus will finally work jointly with the Mapsforge team on this subject. No use to have two competing approaches in the same eco system.
(The adress DB aspect is not covered by Mapsforge, though.)
Hello, any news about generating a database of own POIs? Or to use the OAM POI database (OpenAndroMaps)?
If there are no news, can you convert any of these questions into an idea?
http://help.locusmap.eu/topic/possibility-of-creating-own-poi-data-files-from-osm-database
http://help.locusmap.eu/topic/oam-offline-poi-database
http://help.locusmap.eu/topic/how-to-create-an-own-poi-database
There are several users interested in being able to use an "external" POI database, as can be done with maps.
Greetings.
Hello, any news about generating a database of own POIs? Or to use the OAM POI database (OpenAndroMaps)?
If there are no news, can you convert any of these questions into an idea?
http://help.locusmap.eu/topic/possibility-of-creating-own-poi-data-files-from-osm-database
http://help.locusmap.eu/topic/oam-offline-poi-database
http://help.locusmap.eu/topic/how-to-create-an-own-poi-database
There are several users interested in being able to use an "external" POI database, as can be done with maps.
Greetings.
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