Dara,
Please read the GeoPDF Blog post that can possibly lead you in the
right direction...
http://geopdf.blogspot.com/2008/10/mobile-for-people.html
Cheers,
Adam Estrada
On Oct 8, 4:17 pm, DaraParsavand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One of the key things I'd like to do with a GPS phone is to view
> freely downloaded USGS topographic maps (United States) along with my
> current location on the map while the phone is offline. I don't need
> that many fancy features such as elevation profiling, just the ability
> to pan, zoom, etc. I'd like to download maps from a PC or using the
> phone (wi-fi or 3G).
>
> This type of functionality is currently a simple thing to do on a
> laptop instead of a phone if you have a USB GPS device, by simply
> downloading aGeoPDFtoolbar for Adobe Reader and downloadingGeoPDF
> topo maps fromhttp://store.usgs.gov(scroll down to Map Locator).
>
> Does anyone know of someone already working on such a project? Or do
> people have comments on how easy it would be to write new code for
> such a project? I'm pretty disappointed that the iPhone has been out
> for around 3 months now and there hasn't been any talk of an app on
> that platform that would do such a thing. Without it, the GPS isn't
> nearly as useful as it could be. I hope the Android platform can do
> better.
>
> I suppose a full featured app should also handle GeoTIFF files, though
> it appears the USGS is behind theGeoPDFfile format now (with future
> maps having layers of information which will be great - I can turn off
> pointless features to me which just clutter the map).
>
> Dara Parsavand
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