[Wolves] OpenStreetmap on nokia N8xx

[Kris Douglas]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Andy Wootton <
andy.wootton at wyrley.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Andy Robinson wrote:
> > On 16/03/2008, Andy Wootton <andy.wootton at wyrley.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> I posted on this subject a few days ago but it has since disappeared.
> >>
> >>  Whilst looking for software to make traces from a GPS unit using a
> Nokia
> >>  N800 I found this information on 'Maemo Mapper' for reading maps:
> >>
> >>
> http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/maemo_mapper-openstreetmap_and_wikipedia.html
> >>
> >>  I've finally tried the software tonight. It uses OpenStreetmap by
> >>  default and it was able to locate my home from the address without
> >>  postcode even though the area is very sparsely mapped. I'm impressed
> so
> >>  far! (except for some clunkiness due to me only knowing how to zoom in
> >>  and out via menus.)
> >>
> >>  Woo
> >>
> >
> > Hey, cool. Perhaps you might fancy getting out there and fill in some
> > of the missing bits then :-)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Andy (blackadder)
> I don't have a GPS unit yet but that is why I was looking for tracing
> software for the N800 in the first place.
>
> Embarassingly, I have now learned that zooming is linked to the zoom
> buttons. Whoever would  have thought of that? :-)
>
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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...

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