OSM is just a big database. You can use it on the web, but as you can copy the data, you can use it in any way you like.
Routing being one of them. http://twitpic.com/yo7em for an image or http://openls.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/osm-haiti/ to find your way around port- au-prince. (And then i really gave it a shot, and, Voilá here is routing, in Kampala, live for months now. http://www.yournavigation.org/?flat=0.34963310000001&flon=32.6211276&tlat=0.32739210000001&tlon=32.6146067&v=motorcar&fast=1&layer=mapnik to find out how to get from Mountbatten Ltd to EACOSS: That is very very real, google-free routing for you. (and indeed, as Rob also noticed from Google, it doesnt completely work, most likely because we have not connected the dots yet :-) So, let's work on that. And its opensource, so if you want to install it yourself: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/YOURS Or printing a map of your town, including an index: http://www.maposmatic.org/new/ Or just playing around with an OSM file on your local machine: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Kosmos Or load it into your TomTom: http://downloads.cloudmade.com/africa/uganda (you can also download shapefiles, gpx, and several other formats there) OSM is just a (big!) dataset. What you do with it, is all up to your own imagination. That is the big difference. -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net "Unleash your Business Potential" A top event for Senior Directors, Managers and ambitious Entrepreneurs who want to deepen their Business and Leadership skills. http://events.mountbatten.net On Saturday 27 February 2010 09:52:19 Rob Gipman wrote: > Ah, did not know that, thanks for the link. I used to labor with this > and make my own map 8 years ago before T4a came along using some of the > tools mentioned. Hours went into that so go ahead and make your own map > or simply send your gpx tracks to T4a and receive their current Beta map > (free) with routing for the whole of Africa. As long as you send in more > tracks you will receive newer accurate maps in time. > > OSM is nice for the web and presentation I think. > > Rob > > On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 09:20 +0300, Reinier Battenberg wrote: > > You might find a tool that can turn OSM data into a routable Garmin map > > on here: > > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin > > > > From that moment on, the world is your oyster, as now we can extend those > > routable maps wherever we want, and not be either dependent on a Internet > > connection, or having to buy a map. > > > > Tell us when you succeed! (and tell http://www.pamoya.com/node/13275 too) > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
