Display a GPX track on your phone through OsmAnd

Step I: download and install OsmAnd

🤖 Android

a) 🙂 Freeware version (10 maps download and limited options)

Choose one: Google Store / Amazon Store

b) 😍 Open Source version (more features like elevation/shadow, no limit on map download)

It requires that you enable the “developer options” and the “install of APK from unknown source” on your phone.

Choose one:

• Download the APK from F-droid
• Install F-droid, then download OsmAnd from F-droid app

c) 😎 Payed version

Choose one: Google PlayStore / Amazon Store

🍏 iOS

• App Store

Step II: download the map in OsmAnd

1. Connect your phone on Wifi (if you don’t have a lot of data)
2. Launch OsmAnd on your phone
3. Click on the “menu” button

   

4. Click on the “Download maps” menu

   

5. Navigate through the item to “Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes”
   1. Europe
   2. France
   3. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
   4. Cartes Standards / Standards Maps

      

6. Download: Cartes Standards / Standards Maps

   

7. Wait until the downloads are done (~550 Mo download)
8. Done!

Step3 bis: download the GPX track (from BRouter)

1. Open the “topo” link in the meetup event
2. Click on the menu 𝄘
3. Click on “Exporter”

   

4. In the popup, click on “Exporter l’itinéraire”

   

5. It’s done! The track is displayed

   

6. Done!

Appendix

Hiking rendering and more online maps for OsmAnd

Follow instructions on this website: https://github.com/OsmAnd-Rendering

Step3 bis: download the GPX track (from GraphHooper)

1. Open the “topo” link in the meetup event
2. Click on the “gpx” icon

   

3. In the popup, click on the “Export GPX” button

   

4. Open the download gpx file with OsmAnd

   

5. It’s done! The track is displayed

   

6. Done!