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parent: Using BRouter
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title: OsmAnd
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---
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Using BRouter on Android with OsmAnd
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BRouter integration in OsmAnd changed a lot during the summer of 2019. This
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guide assumes you are using the BRouter Android app in version 1.5.0 or higher
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as well as OsmAnd in version 3.4 or higher.
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## Installing BRouter app on your Android device
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First, install the BRouter app on your Android device from
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[F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/btools.routingapp) or [Google Play
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Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=btools.routingapp). You
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can also build the BRouter Android app yourself.
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<a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/btools.routingapp" target="_blank">
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<img src="https://f-droid.org/badge/get-it-on.png" alt="Get it on F-Droid" height="90"/></a>
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<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=btools.routingapp" target="_blank">
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<img src="https://play.google.com/intl/en_us/badges/images/generic/en-play-badge.png" alt="Get it on Google Play" height="90"/></a>
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## Downloading BRouter segments
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Then, launch the BRouter app and choose "Download Manager". Zoom in and select
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the areas you want to route in. Then click "Start Download" and BRouter will
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start downloading the [segments](http://brouter.de/brouter/segments4/) files
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for the selected areas.
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<img src="osmand/brouter-main.png" alt="Main menu of BRouter android app"/>
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<img src="osmand/brouter-grid.png" alt="Grid selection of segments to download"/>
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Note that you will have to repeat this step periodically, whenever you want to have an
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updated version of the OSM data used for the routing.
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## Selecting profiles to use
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Once this is done, start again the BRouter app and choose the "BRouter App"
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entry on the main menu. Select the routing profile you want to use and click
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"Server-Mode". Then, tick the boxes for the routing modes you want to use this
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profile for. You can use two different profiles per transportation mode, which
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will be mapped to the "shortest" and "fastest" presets (these are just
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labelling) in OsmAnd.
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<img src="osmand/brouter-profiles.png" alt="Profiles selection"/>
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<img src="osmand/brouter-profiles-summary.png" alt="Profiles selection summary"/>
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## Configure OsmAnd to make use of BRouter offline navigation
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You can now create an "Application profile" in OsmAnd which will be using
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BRouter for offline routing. Go to Settings -> Application profiles -> Add and
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create a new profile based on the base profile of your choice (cycling here,
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for bicycle routing), with a custom name of your choice ("BRouter" on the
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screenshot below) and making use of "BRouter (offline)" for navigation.
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<img src="osmand/brouter-osmand.png" alt="BRouter configuration in OsmAnd
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application profiles"/>
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The BRouter app should be launched before OsmAnd for this specific entry to
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appear in OsmAnd. Therefore, if you cannot find "BRouter (offline)" navigation
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option, you should force quit OsmAnd and restart it.
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## OsmAnd version 4.7.1
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From version 4.7.1 upwards Osmand supports the profile parameter for mapping:
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Since Osmand version 3, many profiles can be defined in Osmand and the user can easily switch between these profiles.
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This allow now when using the service-interface to address different brouter-profiles in a more flexible and better comprehensive way.
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- If in Osmand a profile has "BRouter" defined as navigation service
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- AND the profile-name looks like "Brouter[mysting]
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==> then the profile "mystring" will be used in the Brouter-app!
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(this new mapping replaces in that case the basic mapping defined above and based on the file "serviceconfig.dat)
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### Examples: Osmand-profile name Brouter-app
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```
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[Brouter[trekking] "trekking" profile will be used (file trekking.brf)
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[Brouter[racebike] "racebike" profile will be used (file racebike.brf)
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....
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```
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Remark:
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Currently Osmand do not check the defined name (case sensitiv) for the Brouter-profile (mystring).
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If no profile is found, the routing will fail with "Could not calculate route.."!
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<img src="osmand/brouter-osmand-4.7.1.png" alt="BRouter configuration in OsmAnd
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application profiles"/>
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