On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 09:04 +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote: > > Jeroen Dekkers wrote: > > At Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:47:53 +0100, > > Pierre Hébert wrote: > >> In the same idea it would be great if the Neo could help us build a > >> shared geographic database. With a Neo and a software assistant we could > >> mark streets, crossroad as we are walking. Of course building a GIS > >> requires a lot more work than building a database of POI, but with > >> thousands of Neo in a big city (or perhaps millions soon ;-) ) I guess > >> that such database will grow rapidly ! > > > > I think you're looking for this: > > > > http://www.openstreetmap.org > > I heard about this site a few days ago, so I contacted an ex-coworker in > our local council to find out the local situation - he moved from the > mapping field into the IT field. Here is his reply: > > "Our cadastre is stored in a MS SqlSvr relational database, and is > accessed and controlled by ESRI's Spatial Database Engine (SDE). Data > may be exported to various formats, including, I believe, XML, but many > years ago Council sold reproduction rights to NSW Land Information > Centre (LIC, although I believe that the name has changed) for a tidy > sum and rights to use their data for our own purposes." > > My betting is that most mapping generating bodies have seen the dollars > and done the same. Sigh...
GPS and mapping is a great usage of openmoko. So much so, that we should detail what Open ____ solutions exist here: http://www.linuxtogo.org/gowiki/OpenMoko/Software I have hacked a bit on the cairo-based Roadster: http://cairographics.org/Roadster Jon -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
