On 08-Jun-08, at 12:45 PM, alpesh gajbe wrote: > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > kbc.org> 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.
who is 'we'? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
