OsmAnd bridge

Import tracks, favorites, itinerary and AV notes from OsmAnd on an Android device* to QGIS 3.x. Data are organized by type (point/lines) and audiovisual notes (sounds, pictures and movies) are downloaded and spatialised. Geographical data are stored in a gpkg file while AV notes are stored in their original file format.

A direct connexion can be establish with the device, or data can be taken from a copy of OsmAnd directory on an hard drive. Supposed to work natively on Linux and Windows. MacOS users needs to use macDroid (even its free version) or similar. Feel free to fork the code and/or to send feedback, especially if something goes wrong with this plugin.

*Feel free to buy me an Iphone, if you want this plugin to support this device :)

Credits and acknowledgment

Plugin's icon is taken from OsmAnd and licensed under Creative Commons Non-commercial No Derivative Works.
MTP connections under Linux are made using the mtpy package (no more maintained - if you know a recent python module for MTP, please contact me).
https://web.archive.org/web/20221206114334/https://github.com/ldo/mtpy/
MTP connections under Windows are made using the "mtp" package. (Thank you Heribert for your kindness and responsiveness in helping me to get to grips with your package ;-)
https://github.com/Heribert17/mtp
Under windows this plugin depends on the COMTYPES python package. Since it's not in the python standard library, it has to be installed. This may be done automatically with this plugin using piece of code taken from the eqip plugin for QGIS. https://github.com/automaps/eqip
Device connection under macOS needs macDroid to be be installed (even its free version).
https://www.macdroid.app/

This plugin has been tested with QGIS 3.4x, under:
- GNU/Linux Debian 12 & 13 with KDE, Gnome and XFCE;
- Windows 11 in a VM;
- macOS Catalina in a VM.

Please report any bug or functionality you would like to be implemented.

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