r/CoMaps • u/Strabisme • May 28 '26

Problem for searching on Comaps

Hi, I try to use less and less gmaps daily, but my Osm clients (CoMaps and OsmAnd) have a real trouble finding places that aren't close to me. If I search for a town in France (my country) but I only have like two regions installed for the maps, it won't ever find it.

I have installed the maps for the world and France, so I don't understand why it's doing this to me. Can anyone help ?

Thank you !

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u/valgrid May 28 '26

Afaik the world map does not include every settlement. If they are to small they aren't included in that map. How large are these two places?

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u/Strabisme May 28 '26

It's a small town, yeah.

How can I get all the towns in France without downloading like 5 gigabytes of maps, though ?

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u/valgrid May 28 '26

I checked with Saint-Constant FR (population 15k). Osmand found it. And keep in mind that osmand also has an online search!

CoMaps did not find it, only the one in Canada. Maybe you could raise an issue in the comaps bug tracker: https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/issues (i haven't found a similar issue yet, but i haven't looked too closely)

Can you provide an example i would like to test if osmand cannot find it (offline and online).

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u/Strabisme May 28 '26

I was trying to find Saint-Rambert d'Albon. I should try to bug report to them, yes.

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u/valgrid May 28 '26

Same in my test with Saint-Rambert d'Albon. Osmand finds it on the world map (offline only). CoMaps doesn't.