When visiting openstreetmap.org with Firefox on my Android phone, it looks different than on the desktop. So I assume there is a special mobile variant. It looks like this:
The left bar with the search box is not shown. Also I can't scroll the page as this only scrolls the map area. How can I search for an address on this page? Update: No search bar in landscape mode either, even though it is 1280 pixel wide. Also the Firefox option to request the desktop variant doesn't change anything. asked 11 Sep '12, 08:24  hfs edited 11 Sep '12, 17:49 |
2 Answers:
If you want to search a place, you may open directly nominatim webpage or use an application dedicated for your smartphone like OsmAnd. answered 11 Sep '12, 09:50  NicolasDumoulin edited 11 Sep '12, 09:53 "nominatim.openstreetmap.org" nearly works (you can search, but it's a bit fiddly). Also for some reason** touch events are handled by the map on the main OSM page, but with the Nominatim page he browser handles them. ** lots of hard work and testing in the page design, probably. (11 Sep '12, 12:59) SomeoneElse ♦ The Nominatim page solves my immediate problem. Although the map on the result page is unusable, I can click on details of the search result, then on the OSM object and then to show the object on a bigger map. OsmAnd is great and I use it already, but you have to have downloaded the area already. I was looking for the casual search when on the road. (11 Sep '12, 18:09) hfs |
It's the same page, but on small-screen devices the search box is omitted to fit more map on. One possibility - does your phone browser change to landscape mode if you flip it sideways? If so, try that - on a 1024 x 600 tablet that I have the page shows the stuff at the left in landscape mode, but not portrait. answered 11 Sep '12, 09:20  SomeoneElse ♦ 1 That might work, but the OP still has a valid point. How about puting the sidebar into one of the tabs when displaying on a narrow viewport ? Put a 'more' tab beside 'export', or even replace 'export' with it (since the export feature is likely not usefull on a smartphone). That way no functionality is lost, and space is retained. (11 Sep '12, 11:41) Vincent de P... ♦ |
For info, that's a 720 x 1280 image.