jpj;171225 Wrote: > Actually the Google Maps files are .PNG format even though Maemo Mapper > saves them with a .JPG extension. > > MM works with street and topo maps from Google, USGS topography from > Terraserver, and other compatible sources. Check the > www.internettablettalk.com forums. You can keep multiple libraries > stored and switch among them. > > There's a built-in interface for downloading maps in advance by area > (latitude/longitude range) or route, at user specified zoom levels. > With a mobile data connection, you can also download automatically on > the fly. Way cool... this is a killer app!
I like the idea that the maps are always current. However I've got to see how many maps I'd have to download for, say, a 6-hour trip. It'll depend on the resolution it needs, but at street-level resolution it would take hundreds of maps and GB of storage space. If it was highway-level, with detailed street-level at the origin and destination, it may be workable. However you're screwed if you get lost and don't have a street-level map of that particular area... The mobile data connection is useless here. There just aren't that many unsecured wireless connections to always guarantee you have one, and there are very few community-wide wireless projects in the works here. The ones that are aren't free and require logging into a web page. As this is getting OT, I'll look elsewhere if I want to investigate further. Thanks. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
