jon,
@jon@gruene.social avatar

If you’re a regular on trains anywhere, get the Railmap app. It’s an app based version of OpenRailwayMap

Some day when you need info, and railway firms aren’t providing it, it’ll save you - as it did for me today in Dijon

iOS
https://apps.apple.com/de/app/railmap-for-open-railway-map/id1374554550?l=en-GB

Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.alexamin.railmap&pli=1

_Hemmschuh,
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@jon
If you use OsmAnd, just put Openrailwaymap on your map as a layer 🙃

ploum,
@ploum@mamot.fr avatar

@_Hemmschuh @jon : can you plan your train trips with OsmAnd alone?

herrmannpierre,
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@_Hemmschuh "just put..." well, how?
@jon

_Hemmschuh,
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@herrmannpierre
Karte konfigurieren -> Overlay-Karte
@jon

jon,
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@_Hemmschuh @herrmannpierre what base map are you using? Because OpenRailwayMap on regular OSM is quite hard to read!

jaschop,
@jaschop@det.social avatar

@jon
If the interface is nice it might be worth the tradeoff for the ads for some. But I'm not surprised to find a lot of Libre snobbery in the fedi comments.

Does it have cool features beside the map? Otherwise one could just install openrailwaymap.org as a PWA. (soon also on Apple, thanks DMA!)

jon,
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@jaschop Looks like there is a better way via layers in OsmAnd. But as I have been on a train all day I haven't got it configured right yet!

allen099,
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@jon I was close to pulling the trigger and buying it but then noticed the privacy practices. There’s no need for any data here to be tracked. The app recommendation is much appreciated! Glad you got yourself out of trouble.

jon,
@jon@gruene.social avatar

@allen099 I find this bizarre tbh. WHY do they need that? I might enquire with the developer.

allen099,
@allen099@mastodon.online avatar

@jon Amidst all of the privacy hubbub happening in the world, I’ve been evaluating the apps I use a bit more based on the tracking. I appreciate you reaching out if you do! Have a beautiful day!

jon,
@jon@gruene.social avatar

@allen099 on time train. Sunny day. All well 🙂 Same to you!

ag_tn21,
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@jon Thanks Jon, interesting and useful for UK as well as the rest of Europe. At least UK is fairly consistent with numbering. Shrewsbury has an interesting surprise for those unfamiliar. Platform 3 was brought back into use a few years back – main platforms are 4-7. To access it, leave the station and climb a separate stairway.

jon,
@jon@gruene.social avatar

@ag_tn21 there are anomalies of course. Germany is generally like the UK in how this is.

retiolus,
@retiolus@mamot.fr avatar

@jon when I open the app, I have a Google Maps map... and not OpenStreetMap

jon,
@jon@gruene.social avatar

@retiolus No idea what background map you get. You need the OpenRAILWAYMap layer.

megatronicthronbanks,
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@jon Öffi rocks too. It got me across Europe.

jon,
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@megatronicthronbanks oh sure. There are loads of apps that each help in different ways.

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