Profiles (Settings)

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Each profile is available for full customization. There are the next profiles by default: Browse map, Driving, Cycling, Walking, Truck, Motorcycle, Public transport, Boat, Aircraft, Skiing, Horseback riding. Truck, Motorcycle, Aircraft and Horseback riding profiles are switched off by default. You need to activate these profiles.

In fact, each profile can become a separate application for the needs of the user. Of course, you can create your own profile with full customization for your needed.

To start setting up an application profile:

Android

Android Menu → Configure profile (Browse map or any other profile)

iOS

iOS Menu → Settings → App profiles

Profile configuration

This section contains all the settings related to the appearance, navigation settings, map rendering, configure menu, and screen of a profile.

All settings affect the selected application profile only.

Android

iOS

General settings

This section of settings contains settings of the cursor on the map and map view, settings of units & formats of map and profile data, settings of external input devices, and other sensors.

Android

Android Menu → Configure profile (Browse map or any other profile) → General settings

iOS

iOS Menu → Settings → App profiles → General settings

Appearance

In this section of the General settings menu, you can set parameters for the cursor on the map and map view for the chosen profile.

Android

•  App theme - sets a day or night theme for the application. This setting doesn't change "Map mode" parameter.
•  Map orientation - allows to set orientation the map view.
•  2.5 D view - allows to swtitch on/off 2.5D view for OpenGL rendering. Use "Gesture" or "My Location button" for 3D viewing.
•  Display position - allows to use center or bottom screen position for the cursor ("My location"). In this mode the center of the map will be located slightly below the center of the device. It allows seeing more map information ahead of your movement which is usable in the navigation mode.
•  Screen orientation - sets the screen position for the OsmAnd application: Portrait, Landscape, Screen orientation.
•  Screen control - opens the screen control menu, where you can select parameters for your device screen during navigation for keeping device battery consumption.

iOS

•  Map orientation - allows to set orientation the map view.
•  2.5D view - enables/disables 2.5D view of the map view. Use "Gesture" or "My Location button" for 3D viewing.
•  Display position always in center - allows to use center or bottom screen position for the cursor ("My location"). In this mode the center of the map will be located slightly below the center of the device. It allows seeing more map information ahead of your movement which is usable in the navigation mode.

Units & formats

In this section you can set parameters of units & formats for chosen application profile.

Android

Parameter	Format	Note
Driving region	Automatic	According to the device location
	Europe, Asia, Latin America, and similar	Right-hand traffic, Kilometers/meters
	United States	Right-hand traffic, Miles/feet
	Canada	Right-hand traffic, Kilometers/meters
	UK, India, and similar	Left-hand traffic, Miles/feet
	Japan	Left-hand traffic, Kilometers/meters
	Australia	Left-hand traffic, Kilometers/meters
Units of length	Kilometers/meters	1 km / 1000 m
	Miles/feet	0.62 ml / 3281 f
	Miles/meters	0.62 ml / 1000 m
	Miles/yards	0.62 ml / 1094 ya
	Nautical miles	0.54 nml
Coordinate format	DD°MM.MMMM′	Example: 50.12333° 19.93233° (Lat Long)
	DD°MM.MMM′	Example: 50°7.393′ 19°55.941′ (Lat Long)
	DD°MM′SS″	Example: 50°7′23.6″ 19°55′56.4″ (Lat Long) 23°27′30″
	UTM Standard	34N 5552876 423678 (Zone Northing Easting) . OsmAnd uses the UTM Standard, which is similar but not identical to the UTM NATO format.
	MGRS	Example: 34U DA 23678 52873 . OsmAnd uses MGRS, which is similar to the UTM NATO format.
	Open Location Code	Example: 9F2X4WFJ+7W (Open Location Code represents area 9m x 14m)
Coordinate format	Degrees 180°	All angular values have readings from 0° to 180° and from 0° to -180°.
	Degrees 360°	All angular values have readings from 0° to 360°.
	Milliradians	All angular values have milliradian value.
Unit of speed	Kilometers per hour	90 km/h
	Miles per hour	55.92 mph
	Meters per second	30 m/s
	Minutes per mile	1.073 min/m
	Minutes per kilometer	0.667 min/km
	Nautical miles per hour (knots)	48.59 kn

iOS

Parameter	Format	Note
Driving region	Automatic	According to the device location
	Europe, Asia, Latin America & similar	Right-hand driving, Kilometers/meters
	United States	Right-hand driving, Miles/feet
	Canada	Right-hand driving, Kilometers/meters
	UK, India & similar	Left-hand driving, Miles/feet
	Japan	Left-hand driving, Kilometers/meters
	Australia	Left-hand driving, Kilometers/meters
Units of length	Kilometers/meters	1 km / 1000 m
	Miles/feet	0.62 ml / 3281 f
	Miles/meters	0.62 ml / 1000 m
	Miles/yards	0.62 ml / 1094 ya
	Nautical miles	0.54 nml
Coordinates format	DDD.DD	Example: 50.12333° 19.93233° (Lat Long)
	DDD MM.MM	Example: 50°7.393′ 19°55.941′ (Lat Long)
	DDD MM SS.SS	Example: 50°7′23.6″ 19°55′56.4″ (Lat Long) 23°27′30″
	UTM	34N 5552876 423678 (Zone Northing Easting) . Please note, OsmAnd uses UTM Standard format which is similar but not identical to UTM NATO.
	Open Location Code (OLC)	Example: 9F2X4WFJ+7W (Open Location Code represents area 9m x 14m)
Angular measurement units	Degrees 180°	All angular values have readings from 0° to 180° and from 0° to -180°.
	Degrees 360°	All angular values have readings from 0° to 360°.
	Milliradians	All angular values have milliradian value.
Unit of speed	Kilometers per hour	90 km/h
	Miles per hour	55.92 mph
	Meters per second	30 m/s
	Minutes per mile	1.073 min/m
	Minutes per kilometer	0.667 min/km
	Nautical miles per hour (knot)	48.59 kn

Other

Additional settings for profile (like external devices and etc.)

Android

You can enable/disable buttons and input devices for OsmAnd, on or off animations for navigation mode, use or not fullscreen mode, magnetic sensor, Kalman filter.

•  Volume buttons as zoom - allows to use or not volume buttons of a device as zoom.
•  Use Kalman filter - allows to use or not Kalman filter for smoothen rotation of the map with a slower rotation animation though it introduces a small delay (< 1 second) till.
•  Use magnetic sensor -  allows to use or not Magnetic sensor for smoothen rotation of the map with a slower rotation animation though it introduces a small delay (< 1 second) till.
•  Fullscreen mode - use or not fullscreen mode of OsmAnd app on the device.
•  No animations - allows to switch on/off animation for navigation mode.
•  External input devices - allows adding external input devices for control OsmAnd app by buttons of these devices. External input devices: WunderLINQ, Keyboard, Parrot.

iOS

You can enable/disable buttons and input devices for OsmAnd.

•  External input devices - allows adding external input devices for control OsmAnd app by buttons of these devices. External input devices: WunderLINQ, Generic Keyboard.

Navigation settings

In this part, there are all settings for navigation mode of a profile.

This part of settings doesn't exist for "Browse map" profile.

Android

Android Menu → Configure profile → Navigation settings

iOS

iOS Menu → Settings → App profiles → Navigation settings

In this section you can set routing and navigation parameters of your profile, map during navigation and vehicle parameters.

 Navigation type - governs how routes are calculated. These are rules for routing your profile. It means that your bicycle profile has Cycling navigation type for example. You can import the routing file from any cloud storage app by opening it in OsmAnd. More about Routing.xml on our Github page.

 Route parameters - controls which parameters will be used during routing and which parameters will be showed on the device screen. During navigation you can change some of these parameters in "Navigation Options". Below list of parameters:

Navigation Type

Android

Parameter	Description	Note
Navigation type:	'Navigation type' selects how routes are calculated, with available offline and online routing engines.
Offline	Offline routing uses sources of the device and calculation the route by using data of OsmAnd offline maps.	Navigation types (OsmAnd routing) by default: Boat, Bicycle, Direct-to-point, Car, On foot, Public transport, Ski, Straight line, Horseback riding.
Online	Online routing builds the route servers' resources online by the Internet connection.	List of online routing providers. Here you can add an online routing engine: (Graphhopper, OSRM, Routing OSM DE, GPX.
BRouter (offline)	Offline third-party routing	The full description read here

iOS

Parameter	Description	Note
Navigation type	choose your Navigation type which controls how routes are calcualted.	Navigation types (OsmAnd routing) by default: Boat, Cycling, Direct-to-point, Driving, On foot, Public transport, Ski, Straight line.

Route parameters

Android

Parameter	Description	Note
Route parameters	allows setting routing for any cases and showing additional info about roads.
"Fastest route"	Enable to calculate fastest route or disable for fuel-saving route.
"Riding style"	select driving puprose to get shorter, faster, safer or unpaved route.	"Prefer unpaved roads": prefer unpaved over paved roads for routing. "Prefer byways": prefer safer roads for routing. "Balanced": prefer faster way for routing. "Shorter routes": prefer shorter way for routing.
"Avoid roads…"	avoid certain routes and road types for routing:	Each navigation type has its own set of avoiding.
	"No unpaved roads"
	"No stairs"
	"No border crossings"
	"Avoid footways"
	"Avoid tunnels"
	"No cobblestone or sett"
	"No toll roads"
	"Avoid low emission zones"
	"No shuttle train"
	"No motorways"
	"No ice roads or fords"
	"No trains"
	"No subways"
	"No ferries"
	"No trams"
	"No buses"
	"No share taxi"
	"Avoid 4WD roads"	"Avoid roads only suitable for 4WD vehicles"
"Prefer…"	Prefer unpaved over paved roads for routing.
"Transporting of hazardous materials"	Roads and tunnels may restrict transporting hazardous materials.	Truck
"Goods delivery"	Consider access permissions for light goods vehicles (goods)	Truck
"Fuel-efficient way"	Optimized shorter route (energy saving)
"Allow streams and drains"	allows streams and drains for boat navigation type.	Boat navigation type
"Allow intermittent water ways"	allows intermittent water ways for boat navigation type.	Boat navigation type
"Number of changes"	specify upper limit of changes of for public transport.	Public transport navigation type
"Use motorways"	Allows motorways.	Cycling
"Allow private access"	Allow access to private areas.
"Allow private access (truck)"	Allow access to private areas for trucks.	Track
"Use elevation data"	allows choosing relief parameters for the routing. The routing could avoid strong uphills:	Cycling routing
	"Flat"	Routing could avoid strong uphills.
	"Less hilly"	Routing could avoid strong uphills.
	"Hilly"	Routing could avoid strong uphills.
"Consider temporary limitations"	Use road restrictions that are active now on the map. Data from OpenStreetMap.
Recalculate route	allows to recalculate the route by the next cases:
	"Minimal distance to recalculate route"	Recalculate route in case of deviation. Select the distance after which the route will be recalculated.
	"In case of reverse direction"	The route will be recalculated if the direction is changed to reverse.
Development	using live updates and the initial part for calculation the route
	"OsmAnd Live data"	Enable navigation for OsmAnd Live changes.
	"Smart route recalculation"	Recalculates only the initial part of the route, useful for long trips.
	"Use 2-phase A* routing algorithm"	Two-phase routing for car navigation.

iOS

Parameter	Description	Note
Route parameters	allows setting routing for any cases and showing additional info about roads.
"Recalculate route in case of deviation"	The route will be recalculated if the distance from the route to the current location is more than selected value.
"Recalculate route in case of reverse direction"	the route will be recalculated if you are moving to the start point.
"Driving style"	select driving puprose to get shorter, faster, safer or unpaved route.	"Prefer unpaved roads": prefer unpaved over paved roads for routing. "Prefer byways": prefer safer roads for routing. "Balanced": prefer faster way for routing. "Shorter routes": prefer shorter way for routing.
"Avoid roads"	avoid certain routes and road types for routing:	Navigation types and notes
	"No unpaved roads"
	"No stairs"
	"No border crossings"
	"Avoid footways"
	"Avoid tunnels"
	"No cobblestone or sett"
	"No toll roads"
	"Avoid low emissions zones"
	"No shuttle train"
	"No motorways"
	"No ice roads or fords"
	"No trains"
	"No subways"
	"No ferries"
	"No trams"
	"No buses"
	"No share taxi"
	Avoid 4WD roads	Avoid roads only suitable for 4WD only vehicles
Goods vehicles restrictions	Consider access permissions for light goods vehicles (goods)	Driving routing
Transporting of hazardous materials	On some roads and tunnels transporting of hazardous materials is forbidden.	Truck
"Preferred terrain"	allows choosing relief parameters for the routing. The routing could avoid strong uphills:	Cycling routing
	"Any"	The terrain profile is not taken into account when choosing a route.
	"Flat"	Routes with a flat relief profile. The length may increase.
	"Less hilly"	Shorter, less hilly routes.
	"Hilly"	Routes with a hilly relief profile.
"Use elevation data"	Using elevation fluctuation for routing.
"Use motorways"	using Motorways for routing	Cycling routing
"Prefer…"	Avoid certain routes and road types	Navigation type - On foot
	"Prefer hiking routes"	using hiking routes for routing.
	"Prefer tactile paving"	using tactile paving road types for routing.
"Allow private access"	ignore the Private Access restriction for routing
"Allow private access (truck)"	allow access to private areas for trucks	Truck
"Consider temporary limitations"	using temporaty limitations for routing from OpenStreetMap data
"Road speeds"	setting the minimum and the maximum travel speed for all roads in the route.

Screen alerts

Android

Parameter	Description	Note
Screen alerts	showing or not alerts on the screen like a widget. Alerts shown bottom left during navigation.	Types of alert widgets

iOS

Parameter	Description	Note
Screen alerts	showing or not alerts on the screen like a widget.	Types of alert widgets

Voice announcements

Android

Parameter	Description	Note
Voice prompts	on/off and settings of voice guidance during navigation.	Configure to announce street names, traffic warnings (forced stops, speed bumps), speed camera warnings, speed limits.

iOS

Parameter	Description	Note
Voice prompts	on/off and settings of voice guidance during navigation.	Configure to announce street names, traffic warnings (forced stops, speed bumps), speed camera warnings, speed limits

Vehicle parameters

Android

Parameter	Description	Note
Vehicle parameters	vehicle parameters that may affect routing
	Default speed	- Used as a speed to estimate arrival time when speed could not be determined by map data: 1) pedestrian, boat, ski, airplain, ... profiles 2) roads without speed limits (can affect routing) 3) user generated or imported tracks. - Used to determine how late/early voice announcements should be pronounced - details. - Affects speed formatting Unit of speed. For absolute speed >= 10 m/s - 1 digit formatting, < 10 m/s - 2 digit. - For Walking, Horseback Riding and Cycling profiles the speed is set in small steps of 0.1 km/h, for other profiles in steps of 1 km/h.
	Weight limit	Provide your vehicle weight, some route restrictions may apply for heavy vehicles.
	Height limit	Provide your vehicle height, some route restrictions may apply for high vehicles.
	Length limit	Provide your vehicle length, some routes restrictions may be applied for long vehicles.
	Width limit	Provide your vehicle width some route restrictions may apply for wide vehicles.
	Vehicle engine	Select your engine's fuel type, this is needed to estimate CO2 emission.
Customize route line	Specify color and width for the route line during navigation.	It's available only with Pro feature.
	Color	Using color by: Map style, Custom, Altitude, Slope, Road type, Surface, Smoothness, Winter and ice roads,Surface firmness.
	Width	Using width by: Map style, Thin, Medium, Bold, Custom.
	Turn Arrows	Select whether turn arrows are indicated on the route line.

iOS

Parameter	Description	Note
Vehicle parameters	vehicle parameters may affect routing:
	Default speed	- Used as a speed to estimate arrival time when speed could not be determined by map data: 1) pedestrian, boat, ski, airplain, ... profiles 2) roads without speed limits (can affect routing) 3) user generated or imported tracks. - Used to determine how late/early voice announcements should be pronounced - details. - Affects speed formatting Unit of speed. For absolute speed >= 10 m/s - 1 digit formatting, < 10 m/s - 2 digit. - For Walking, Horseback Riding and Cycling profiles the speed is set in small steps of 0.1 km/h, for other profiles in steps of 1 km/h.
	Weight limit	Provide your vehicle weight, some route restrictions may apply for heavy vehicles.
	Height limit	Provide your vehicle height, some route restrictions may apply for high vehicles.
	Length limit	Provide your vehicle length, some route restrictions may be applied for long vehicles.
	Width limit	Provide your vehicle width some route restrictions may apply for wide vehicles.
Motor type	allows choosing type of motor: Petrol, Diesel, Lpg, Gas, Electric, Hybrid	Driving routing
Customize route line	Change color and width for the route line during navigation.	It's available only with Pro feature.
	Color	Using color by: Map style, Custom, Altitude, Slope, Road type, Surface, Smoothness, Winter and ice roads,Surface firmness.
	Width	Using width by: Map style, Thin, Medium, Bold, Custom.
	Turn Arrows	Control the visibility of the turn arrows on the route line.

Other

Parameters for "Map during navigation" and others:

Android

Parameter	Description	Note
Map during navigation:	Change map behavior during navigation.
"Auto-center map view"	Time until the map view synchronizes with the current position..	Value: Never, 5 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, 60 sec, 50 sec.
"Auto zoom map"	Zoom level according to your speed (while map is synchronized with current position)..	Value: No auto zoom, To long-range, To mid-range, To close-up.
"Snap to road"	Current position icon will snap to the current navigation route.
Animate own position	Turn on animated map panning of 'My position' during navigation.

iOS

Parameter	Description	Note
Map during navigation:	Change map behavior during navigation.
"Auto-center map view"	Time until map view synchronizes with current position after moving.	Value: Never, 5 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, 60 sec, 50 sec.
"Auto zoom map"	Auto zoom map according to your speed (while map is synchronized with current position).	Value: No auto zoom, To long-range, To mid-range, To close-up.
"Snap to road"	Snap position to roads during navigation.

Configure map

Here you can set parameters for Configure map of chosen profile

Configure map menu is a central place where you could configure map display for your profile needs, i.e. highlight Favorite points, Navigation markers or special Points of Interests on the map; display specific routes or 3rd party GPX files; overlay the map with relief information, satellite imagery or any other available raster map; display public transport information and change the map style.

Android

Android Menu → Configure profile → Configure map

Set parameters for Configure map menu for chosen profile.

iOS

iOS Menu → Settings → App profiles → Configure map

Set parameters for Configure map menu for chosen profile.

Configure screen

Here you can set parameters for Configure screen of chosen profile.

Configure screen is a menu that allows to configure what widgets will be displayed over the map. It allows you to enable and configure Quick action, Informational & Navigational widgets and other elements.

Android

Android Menu → Configure profile → Configure screen

Set parameters for Configure screen menu for chosen profile.

iOS

iOS Menu → Settings → App profiles → Configure screen

Set parameters for Configure screen menu for chosen profile.

Profile appearance

You can choose the color of the profile elements, its icon and name, also assign icons on the map for movement and without.

Android

Android Menu → Configure profile → Profile appearance

Parameter	Description	Note
"Profile name"	entering a profile name
"Profile appearance"	changing color and label for chosen profile:
	"Select color"	choosing color for a profile icon and menu
	"Select icon"	choosing label for a profile icon
"Appearance on the map"	changing position icons:
	"Position icon at rest"	choosing label for a profile icon without moving
	"Position icon while moving"	choosing label for a profile icon while moving

iOS

iOS Menu → Settings → App profiles → Profile appearance

Parameter	Description	Note
"Name"	entering a profile name
"Appearance"	changing color and label for chosen profile:
	"Select color"	choosing color for a profile icon and menu
	"Select icon"	choosing label for a profile icon
"Appearance on the map"	changing position icons:
	"Position icon at rest"	choosing label for a profile icon without moving
	"Position icon while moving"	choosing label for a profile icon while moving

UI Customization

Customize the quantity of items in "Drawer", "Configure map" and "Context menu actions".

Turn off unused plugins for hide all their controls.

Android

Android Menu → Configure profile → UI Customization

Under each menu there is the info about items quantity / active items.

Drawer

In this part of the menu you reorder or hide items from the Drawer.

Actions: Note
"Minus": These items are hidden from the menu, but the represented options or plugins will continue to work.
"Moving": These items are moved to other positions in the menu.
"Reset": These items are reset from the "Hidden" part of the menu to the visible.
"Reset to default": resetting the "Drawer" menu to default.
"Copy from another profile": coping the "Drawer" menu from another profile.

Configure map

In this part of the menu you reorder or hide items from the Configure map menu.

Actions: Note
"Minus": These items are hidden from the menu, but the represented options or plugins will continue to work.
"Moving": These items are moved to other positions in the menu.
"Reset": These items are reset from the "Hidden" part of the menu to the visible.
"Reset to default": resetting the "Configure map" menu to default.
"Copy from another profile": coping the "Configure map" menu from another profile.

Context menu actions

In this part of the menu you reorder or hide items from the Context menu actions menu.

Actions: Note
"Minus": These items are hidden from the menu, but the represented options or plugins will continue to work.
"Moving": These items are moved to other positions in the menu.
"Reset": These items are reset from the "Hidden" part of the menu to the visible.
"Reset to default": resetting the "Context menu actions" menu to default.
"Copy from another profile": coping the "Context menu actions" menu from another profile.

iOS

🚧 Android only

At this moment the feature is available only for Android.

Plugin settings

Plugins are a collection of settings that can be enabled with one click. Plugins also unlock additional functions of the application, they can be either paid or free. Some plugins have their own settings. Among other things, you can enable or disable plugins for each profile separately.

Plugins must be enabled in the Plugin list for activating it in the setting list for the profile.

Android

Android Menu → Configure profile (Browse map or any other profile) → Plugin settings

iOS

iOS Menu → Settings → App profiles → Plugins

Trip recording

This menu opens the trip recording settings for the selected profile. Where you can choose any parameters for recording your trip.

Android

Android Menu → Configure profile (Browse map or any other profile) → Plugin settings → Trip recording

iOS

iOS Menu → Settings → App profiles → Plugins → Track recording

Audio / Video notes

This menu opens audio-video plugin settings for the selected profile. Where you can choose any parameters for your needed.

Android

Android Menu → Configure profile (Browse map or any other profile) → Plugin settings → Audio/video notes

iOS

🚧 Android only

At this moment the feature is available only for Android.

OpenStreetMap editing

This menu opens the OpenStreetMap editing plugin settings for the selected profile. Where you can input your data for starting OSM edit.

Android

Android Menu → Configure profile (Browse map or any other profile) → Plugin settings → OpenStreetMap editing

iOS

Check!

iOS Menu → Configure profile (Browse map or any other profile) → Plugin settings → [object Object]

OpenPlaceReviews

This menu opens the OpenPlaceReviews plugin settings for the selected profile. Where you can input your data for starting added reviews of any places.

Android

Android Menu → Configure profile (Browse map or any other profile) → Plugin settings → OpenPlaceReviews

iOS

🚧 Android only

At this moment the feature is available only for Android.

Accesibility

This menu opens Accessibility plugin settings for the selected profile. Where you can choose any parameters for your needed.

Android

Android Menu → Configure profile (Browse map or any other profile) → Plugin settings → Accessibility

iOS

🚧 Android only

At this moment the feature is available only for Android.

OsmAnd development

This menu opens Development plugin settings for the selected profile. Settings for development and debugging features, like navigation simulation, rendering performance, or voice prompting. Intended for developers, not needed for normal app use.

Android

Android Menu → Configure profile (Browse map or any other profile) → Plugin settings → Development

iOS

🚧 Android only

At this moment the feature is available only for Android.

Actions

Actions with chosen profile: export, copy from another profile, reset to default, delete profile:

Android

•  Export profile
•  Copy from another profile
•  Reset to default
•  Delete profile

iOS

•  Export profile
•  Copy from another profile
•  Reset to default
•  Delete profile