OsmAnd: How to create a layer with custom POIs
This blog post describes how to create a POI (Point Of Interest) layer in OsmAnd. The layer highlights all locations of a specific POI type, e.g. table tennis locations, toilets, bicycle repair stations. tl;dr: There is a German version of this post fitting in one Mastodon toot. Add a custom POI layer Start OsmAnd At first you need to start OsmAnd of course. Create a POI filter Open Burger menu Open the main menu of OsmAnd. That is the burger menu in the bottom left. Configure Map Select the Configure Map option. Open POI overlays Select the POI overlay… option. Search for custom POI type Now you see a lot of POI categories, which you could already use. To create a custom category open the Search. Enter the custom type of POI you want to display, e.g. bicycle repair station and select the first search search result. ...