On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 08-Jun-08, at 12:45 PM, alpesh gajbe wrote:
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>> On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> kbc.org> wrote:
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>>> On 07-Jun-08, at 9:24 PM, Easwar Hariharan wrote:
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>>>>> 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'?
we = people who organized freemap india workshop
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