On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 07-Jun-08, at 9:24 PM, Easwar Hariharan wrote: > >>> the script converts the output from the device to gpx format - for >>> any other device, gpsbabel is available >> >> That means we could,potentially,contribute to freemap with GPS >> enabled cell >> phones if we had a way to *record* the position(and co-ordinates)of >> landmarks like the device which will be distributed does.So,if we >> don't want >> progress on freemap to be restricted by the number of devices[I'm >> going to >> call this device MuktTrack] available,we need a software which can be >> installed on cell phones and records co-ordinates,eh?Then we get >> the output >> of that software and convert it to gpx by either this script or >> gpsbabel,whichever is applicable.Comments please. > > is freemap something different from openstreetmap?
well not really it is does use the same technical resources as openstreetmap but we thought naming it freemap was more appropriate. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
