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 months 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 ?

      • KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz
        5·
        2 months ago

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

      • balsoft@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        2 months 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·
          2 months 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.

          • balsoft@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2·
            2 months 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
        2·
        2 months 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.

        • balsoft@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          2 months 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·
            2 months 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?

            • balsoft@lemmy.mlEnglish
              2·
              2 months 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.

    • ace_garp@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      2 months ago

      Hi, thanks for the suggestion, I added some extra info.

      Do you know if there is a solution where you can pre-load satellite imagery tiles, for use when away from coverage areas?

      GMaps WV will show ‘No internet - Retry’ if you are out of coverage areas, and is unusable offline.