Offline maps on Android in China

[billeuze]

Thank you so much aquilegia, this is wonderful.

I installed to test on my new phone. Note, for anyone using this, you must do the step listed in the notes, that means copy the custom_tile_sources.xml file into the "tiles" folder of the OsmAnd data path. Once that file is in place, when you choose :"Settings" >> "Configure Map" >> "Map Source" >> "Install more", then scroll about 1/3 of the way down the list to the section on China maps (its not alphabetically listed) where you can select which ones to ad to your regular "Map Source" list.

I added Baidu, Sogou and GoogleMaps of China. The only downside to using these alternate maps is that they are not offline maps like the regular OsmAnd OpenStreetMap map. But, as long as you enable a data connection on your phone, you can use these maps. When I have a section of map on my display, I just switch to a different map source and it shows the same area but with the new map. This is great for filling in the gaps where OpenStreetMaps is missing some smaller roads.

It even uses google map, with corrected offset and with just a normal internet connection (no VPN)!

I just had one issue is that in this interface I can't download the contour maps for each province of China like I can with the current official OsmAnd. Even though I installed my purchased copy of OsmAnd contour lines support on the new phone I still can't download the contour lines. But, I copied the contour files over from the old phone to the new and now they display on the new phone too.

Refer to this link. But you can use a pre-compiled version from https://github.com/swkim01/Osmand/releases.