I posted a related topic to http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/54cac7d3e883d3ec/eb2095c0d0174acc?lnk=gst&q=dara#eb2095c0d0174acc which I will repeat here.
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 a GeoPDF toolbar for Adobe Reader and downloading GeoPDF topo maps from http://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 the GeoPDF file 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
