https://github.com/hauke96/geonotes

A simple app to create georeferences notes.
https://github.com/hauke96/geonotes

georeferencing gis notes openstreetmap survey

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A simple app to create georeferences notes.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/hauke96/geonotes
• Owner: hauke96
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2020-11-04T21:08:26.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-01-21T19:29:01.000Z (16 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-30T00:11:12.166Z (8 days ago)
• Topics: georeferencing, gis, notes, openstreetmap, survey
• Language: Java
• Homepage:
• Size: 31.1 MB
• Stars: 68
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 11
• Open Issues: 34
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# GeoNotes

A simple and lightweight app to create and manage georeferenced notes (text and photos) on a map. The goal is to create the notes as fast as possible without any unnecessary UI/UX overhead.







## Download

[](https://f-droid.org/packages/de.hauke_stieler.geonotes/)

[](https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/de.hauke_stieler.geonotes)

[](https://github.com/hauke96/geonotes/releases/latest)

GeoNotes runs on Android 7.0 (SDK 24) and newer. There's an [F-Droid version](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.hauke_stieler.geonotes/) only, there is _no_ version at the Google Play store.

## Need help?

See the [OSM Wiki page](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GeoNotes) for detailed descriptions about all the features.

## Features

* Create, move and delete notes

* Attach photos to note

* List of all notes

* Organize your notes with categories

* Show and follow current location

* Export all notes in GeoJson or GPX format

* Create and restore full backups

## Contribute to this project

You want to contribute to GeoNotes? Great! Please read the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file for further information.

## Use-case and Philosophy

### Basic idea of this app

Take notes as fast as possible while being outside (maybe even while walking or sitting in a bus) and later add the data to e.g. OSM.

### Usability principles

To implement the above goal/idea, the app follows some basic principles:

* **Simplicity:** Make creating, editing, moving and deleting of notes as fast/easy as possible.

* **No upload** of data and no creation of notes on osm.org.

* **General purpose:** No restriction in the content of a note.

* **Not a note management tool:** No import, no high level management operations.

* **Simple and pragmatic UI:** No unnecessary animations, no overloaded UIs.

* **Feature toggles:** The possibility to enable/disable features.

### Features which will probably *not* be added to GeoNotes

* Offline maps (too much work for now)

* Creating notes on osm.org

* Uploading data directly to OSM (see below for apps doing that)

* All sorts of features that will only be used by just a few users but require a lot of work to be implemented

* iOS and other non-android support

Try other apps like [StreetComplete](https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete) or [OsmAnd](https://osmand.net/) if you want to interact with OSM-data and osm.org notes directly.