[maemo-developers] Attn map application developers: common cache for maps

[From: Alberto Mardegan]

Hi all,
   I'd like to propose a standard location to store cached map tiles 
(from openstreetmaps, google, or whichever), so to avoid re-downloading 
the same tiles when a user is using several applications which store 
their data in different directories.

I'm working on maemo-mapper at the moment, and I know there are other 
applications (eCoach for instance) that are using map data. We could 
save user's bandwidth, time and flash space if we put the map tiles in 
the same place.

I would suggest using
~/MyDocs/.maps/<provider>/<type>/<zoom>/<tile x>/<tile y>.png

Where <provider> can be "google.com", "openstreetmap.org" or others, and 
<type> is "street", "satellite", "hybrid", etc.

Does anyone have a better proposal?

Any map application developers here, interested in sharing maps with 
maemo-mapper?

Ciao,
   Alberto

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