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.

  • ace_garp@lemmy.worldOP
    1·
    2 days ago

    Hi, I added extra info.

    Do you know if it is possible to pre-load satellite imagery tiles, for use when away from coverage areas?

    Also, is the MS Hybrid mapset installed from, Plugins --> AnyGIS online maps collection ?

    • balsoftEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Hey, you can add the satellite imagery you need by doing Configure Map > Underlay > Underlay map > Add more. Then you can select the imagery you just added from that same menu.

      After you’ve selected the underlay map, you can pre-download the images for offline use by viewing the part of the map you want to download, touching&holding anywhere on it, then doing Actions > Download Map.

      Hope that helps.

      • ace_garp@lemmy.worldOP
        1·
        1 day ago

        That works for online usage, thanks.

        Does not seem to cache the satellite tiles for usage offline.

        Note: I had to enable ‘Online sources’ to make the underlay option show up.

        • balsoftEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          Does not seem to cache the satellite tiles for usage offline.

          Did you use the “Download Map” option? It definitely works offline for me after I download it.

    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 days ago

      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.

      • balsoftEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        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.

        • ace_garp@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          1 day ago

          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?

          • balsoftEnglish
            2·
            1 day 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.

    • KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz
      4·
      2 days ago

      Unfortunately if you require fully offline usage, that option doesn’t seem to be available via OSMand directly.

      • balsoftEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        OsmAnd does support this. 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.

      • ace_garp@lemmy.worldOP
        1·
        2 days ago

        Thanks for this.

        Do you know what happened to RMaps?

        The previous page for it on fdroid 404s.