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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Andy Wootton <<a href="mailto:andy.wootton@wyrley.demon.co.uk">andy.wootton@wyrley.demon.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">Andy Robinson wrote:<br>> On 16/03/2008, Andy Wootton <<a href="mailto:andy.wootton@wyrley.demon.co.uk">andy.wootton@wyrley.demon.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> I posted on this subject a few days ago but it has since disappeared.<br>
>><br>>> Whilst looking for software to make traces from a GPS unit using a Nokia<br>>> N800 I found this information on 'Maemo Mapper' for reading maps:<br>>><br>>> <a href="http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/maemo_mapper-openstreetmap_and_wikipedia.html" target="_blank">http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/maemo_mapper-openstreetmap_and_wikipedia.html</a><br>
>><br>>> I've finally tried the software tonight. It uses OpenStreetmap by<br>>> default and it was able to locate my home from the address without<br>>> postcode even though the area is very sparsely mapped. I'm impressed so<br>
>> far! (except for some clunkiness due to me only knowing how to zoom in<br>>> and out via menus.)<br>>><br>>> Woo<br>>><br>><br>> Hey, cool. Perhaps you might fancy getting out there and fill in some<br>
> of the missing bits then :-)<br>><br>> Cheers<br>><br>> Andy (blackadder)<br></div>I don't have a GPS unit yet but that is why I was looking for tracing<br>software for the N800 in the first place.<br>
<br>Embarassingly, I have now learned that zooming is linked to the zoom<br>buttons. Whoever would have thought of that? :-)<br>
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<div>You can get a cheap GPS unit that runs bluetooth/usb for less than nothing nowadays too... \i dont own an N800, so I have no idea what kind of software you would use for recording traces...</div>
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