[maemo-developers] Navigating on OSM data on maemo

[From: Darius Jack]

Hi,

as Google Maps provides on-line routing please tell me why
on-line routing as add-on has not been incorporated into maemo-mapper yet ?
Ok.
I am fully aware of ToS by Google.
But project is project, on-line Wifi/ Internet access is another issue.
Frankly speaking there is no relation between routing and type of maps (vector or bitmaps) in use as Google's server generates on-line routing
as z-layer onto already downloaded bitmap maps
So all what should be done is to use maemo-mapper with Google Maps
as previously and have proxy server to enable routing downloading from Google's server from time to time (Internet access is provided).
There is a number of such applications in operation and Internet access is granted via cell phone / GPRS.
So Google Maps can be preloaded before your travel
and routing data than come live as array data.
Ok.
The issue is you wish to visualize routing on maps or just want to listen to travel direction commands and have them in printed form.

I worked 3 years with Google Maps as a developer and can help if you are interested to have live routing in maemo (maemo-mapper or just another application).
No need for vector maps to have live routing (as explained above).

Please contact me to setup a small team as I need open source navigation +routing for another project.

I only need to know if maemo and its OS as GUI is not to slow to generate routing live.

Darius

--- On Tue, 5/8/08, Christoph Eckert <ce at christeck.de> wrote:

> From: Christoph Eckert <ce at christeck.de>
> Subject: Re: Navigating on OSM data on maemo
> To: maemo-developers at maemo.org
> Date: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 11:16 PM
> Hi,
> 
> > I am wondering if currently anybody is working
> actively on porting
> > navigation software with offline routing to maemo with
> osm data.
> >
> > I know that somebody worked on navit somebody else on
> Gosmore, but I have
> > not seen updates since a long time...is there anything
> else going on?
> 
> Navit could be a perfect companion on Maemo. Compiles, runs
> and routes 
> nicely - as long as there's no gps signal... :(
> 
> Unfortunately it frequently freezes as soon as gpsd is
> running. Unfortunately 
> my C knowledge is rather nonexistent so I cannot debug or
> improve this 
> behaviour.
> 
> There are (rather dated) packages on [1]. The author asks
> for patience 
> regarding updates as he's working on some stuff.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> ce
> 
> [1] http://tecdencia.net/navit/
> 
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