On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 6:11 PM, jtd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 08 March 2008 05:38 pm, Nishit Dave wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 1:30 PM, jtd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The openstreetmap data for mumbai is bad afaik. > > > > Sorry for going off-topic, but what map? what device? I want to > > know with extreme eagerness. > > gps device used for mapping the area around HBCSE during the > openstreetmap workshop, several of which were held in the country by > the FSF and friends with Schyuler Erle and Mikel Maron last month. > > The map data donated by AND corp for mumbai is randomly inaccurate, > thus requiring people to go into the streets with a gps logger (fat > plug - one such i happen to make and sell), collecting coordinates > and using a combo of your collected data, yahoo imagery and maybe AND > data to generate accurate stuff. > > BTW the personal navigation devices (with data) being sold here claim > 70% accuracy. God help you with that. > > For the record even google maps data is wrong in most places, with > gps data, street maps and satellite imagery producing three > different results. >
Have been frantically searching phoren malls, e.g. Singapore for a good, cheap GPS navigator, but they cost Rs.16,000 upwards. And come with maps for S'pore and Malaysia. I really want one, but don't want to spend a big amount. New Symbian S60 phones are also a no-no, and are even more expensive. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
