On 26/04/2019 21.36, rinigus wrote: > Dear Debian GIS list members, > > I am a developer of Pure Maps (https://github.com/rinigus/pure-maps) and > OSM Scout Server (https://github.com/rinigus/osmscout-server). The both > applications were originally developed for Sailfish OS to cover our > mapping needs (map view, geocoding, routing, online/offline), but have > been ported now to Linux desktop (Qt Controls and Kirigami). Hence, I > wonder whether someone would be interested in packaging these programs > for Debian. > > This maps stack is somewhat different from what's common on other mobile > platforms. Out of them, Pure Maps is an application that shows maps, > allows to search, route and perform other operations by querying > different services. Pure Maps supports navigation, turn-by-turn > instructions given on screen and using TTS (via mimic, flite, and picoTTS). > > The second application, OSM Scout Server, provides map tiles (vector and > raster), search and route calculation services. As a result, any online > maps client (Pure Maps, modRana, Gnome Maps), can obtain offline > functionality with minimal effort (mainly have to adjust HTTP API calls, > supported by Pure Maps and modRana) by accessing OSM Scout Server > running at localhost. In addition, the server supports DBus for map > matching. The server is built around Mapnik, libpostal, Valhalla, and > libosmscout (older version, depricated backend for now). > > In offline mode, end users, when not downloading offline maps, are just > interfacing map client software (Pure Maps or some other). OSM Scout > Server is started automatically on the background via systemd socket > activation and shutdown when not in use for some time. Such seamless > integration works very well in practice and allows to have similar > experience as all-in-one solution. > > The both applications are available at Flathub (no systemd socket > activation for that version of the server). > > I wonder whether someone in this list would be interested in packaging > these applications for Debian. I don't use Debian nor Debian-based > distro for my PCs these days and would probably not be good maintainer > for it as a result. However, I'll be happy to help and it shouldn't take > too long if we work together with someone who has experience in Debian > packaging. There is a significant list of libraries that would have to > be packaged, but it should all be possible. We can get into the details > if there is interest and discuss the libraries as well. > > Best wishes, > > Rinigus
Hi Rinigus, I'm a Debian *user* and (Q)GIS FOSS guy, not a packager though... I was wondering if you are aware of the (debian based) Purism Librem 5 phone [0] It would be cool to have routing possibilities on that mobile device. Even more useful then on a laptop :-) I've been running it using Flatpak: looks really slick!! Thanks! Regards, Richard Duivenvoorde [0] https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
