[NTLUG:Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 105, Issue 13

[John Fields]

Ah! You mean me!
Add a "uhlds" to the end and you will have it.  Fee-uhlds. ;)

Why yes - I can.
Sorry, I had been caught up in Software Freedom Day (was Saturday), starting a business, etc. :)

So manning a table, or a projector type demo?
Open streetmap on a tablet is kinda nice too.
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Ralph:
You are spot on about the issue being licensing of the mapping data.  No providers save OSM license their data (for free) to be 
cached, or saved, or reloaded to another device as you see fit.  However, they each do that in limited ways, and always for money.

You can export OSM map data in GPX format which any Garmin will import, and with some app help can be translated into other formats 
for other systems/devices. So GPX is your target format most likely.

Separately: what most of us see in mapping apps is actually "tiles". Tiles are not the same as the map data, because they are "the 
final product" and always augmented with location specific data such as restaurants, overhead weather, consistent color coding, and 
other features.  Hand held GPS are only now getting the ability to have mini Tile-servers built in.

I find the UI on phones more compelling for just that reaon, and aside from the phone company knowing where my cell (generally) is 
and giving me on demand data, it makes for a better mapping experience. You can always turn off the cellular radio when you go 
exploring.  A second hand android phone with no SIM/account but with WiFi would be just the ticket I think.  Or a China cheap 7" 
tablet (daylight issue).  Resistive display works better with gloves on too.

But if you are sold on a dedicated GPS unit, then you get into an interesting world of specialization. I'll try and dig up a link to 
an OSM centric GPS review wiki.
John Fields

On 09/18/2011 12:00 PM, discuss-request at ntlug.org wrote:
>   to put up a demo on OpenStreetMap for the Fair?
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