OS Maps app update…..Boo!

@montgomery – yeah, this handily reminded me that I’d downloaded a few overlapping areas, so I was able to delete some.

Rotation/off grid line issues (android app)

Has anyone else found that the whole map is off at a slight angle?

It’s almost like someone has set it to magnetic north not grid north – it’s that kind of level of difference but all the place names and labels are just a fraction off level. Just enough to be truly irritating/off-putting and if you straighten it every time you move it goes back wonky?

App is latest Android and I’ve tried reinstalling.

If you access the new format in the browser and search for say “Norwich” to pick a place at random the map renders off-centre and then straightens to grid North.  That’s fine as it takes a second or two.  The app goes off straight and doesn’t then seem to re-align.  At least Google Maps has the grace to rotate the place names with the map.

Sub is up for renewal soon, wondering what the alternatives are now as with the retrograde UI move as well it’s not as good as it was.

I’m not experiencing that problem. I can rotate the map at will and place names are correctly rendered.

If I do a “find” then the map retains whatever rotation it was last showing.

That’s the most recent app version on Android 14, Pixel 6.

That’s the most recent app version on Android 14, Pixel 6.

Same tech here.  Now after 3 days of misbehaviour it seems to be rendering properly again.  Other than replacing a cracked screen protector nothing else has changed.

Oh well, glad it’s working again (for now).

Yep mine’s squint. Hadn’t noticed it before so dunno if it’s a new feature. On iphone

On the ios app if you rotate the map so north isn’t at the top of the screen a compass appears. Click that and the map re orientates to North at the top of the screen. Then the compass disappears

Ps orientation send to be preserved in searches

bingo!

Has anyone experienced problems with the compass on the OS app pointing the wrong way? I reported it a couple of years ago but they said it must be my phone but since then the app has been updated and I have a new phone and it still does it sometimes – usually 90 degrees off.  Not a problem when you are in civilisation but could be a danger on a foggy mountain top.
I have checked against the Apple built-in compass app and that works fine even when the OS compass is playing silly beggars.

@neilthewheel

I’ve had that issue in the past.  I always carry a proper compass if I’m out and using OS maps to navigate as I don’t trust the one in the app as anything more than a rough guide.

At times it works fine but I wouldn’t trust it for a safety decision.

My latest update seems to have sped it up and solved any issues I was griping at…

Oh, I didn’t know there was a layer for open access… That sounds useful. How do I find that on the Android app? I’ve only got 3 layers available, standard, topographic or aerial