Bike/motorcycle mount - was: Re: GPS application
Hello! For GPS and MTB the following German company seems to be an insider-tipp: http://www.bikertech.de/html/english.html http://www.bikertech.de/ (German only) http://www.bikertech.de/webshop/ (Shop) For my MTB I am actually using an RK-Klick-1 with the universal mount PDA-VAR for my N73, but maybe this would fit for the Freerunner also. Waterproof bags with mount are available also: PDA-Tasche Not very cheap but very useful... Kind regards! Jens Dale Maggee schrieb: For car mount, the mount I have for my (now deprecated!) iPAQ works nicely, although it obscures the power button, makes exiting programs a bit or a pain: http://www.ow.com.au/shop/PDA-Car-Mounts/Arkon-CM910-Universal-PDA-Mount-Kit I'd *love* to see a motorbike mount! although it would need to be *very* secure, and waterproof -Dale steve wrote: Bike mount? Or car mount? Guillermo how hard is that? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Coggins Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 4:57 AM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: GPS application (was: Request for help: Would like communityapplications to show anddiscuss at LinuxWorld) If you don't need a GPS that's great but I find them really useful. Yes, maps and a compasses are really useful but they are quite bulky and you need the right one. Thanks to the FreeRunner I've now got localised, street level maps for a large part of the work (OSM[0]) in my pocket. In addition to this I don't even have to work out where I am and what direction I am moving in. I'm also looking for a mount for my bicycle handlebars so I'll have a full bike computer with me when I'm riding - speed, direction, time and distance will all be displayed for me along with the map. If I think of anything else I want to hand I could either implement it myself or ask the tangoGPS guys. And they are *so* much fun in planes :) Tim [0] http://www.openstreetmap.org/ On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Ken Restivo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:38:07PM +0300, Mikko Rauhala wrote: ti, 2008-07-29 kello 20:53 +0200, Marcus Bauer kirjoitti: I'm a huge Openstreetmap fan but until OSM is ready for routing this will take at least five more years, probably ten. That's probably true _if you drive a car_ (though even for that it can be a handy help, especially in areas that don't happen to have lots of turn restrictions, though you of course don't want to just blindly drive listening to it anyway). Us others want navigation too and are considerably less hampered by OSM's current lackings. 'course, there are other projects than TangoGPS, but it seems otherwise nice so one would like it to include this as well. As long as I'm not coding it, it's not my call, of course :] PS: Kudos for your work and all, but with all your hyperbole, jumping to conclusions, accusations of lying and stuff, you might want to take a step back for a breather if you want, you know, people to bother to listen to you instead of just wanting to rant wildly. I have a really dumb question: What is the point of having GPS anyway? I don't travel much, so perhaps that's why I just don't get it. If I'm navigating around a strange city, though, a hardcopy map is plenty good. I spend most of my time walking or taking public transport, within a very short radius, in an area I already know very well. I'm just not getting what's cool or exciting about GPS. -ken ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Bike/motorcycle mount - was: Re: GPS application
http://www.bikertech.de/html/english.html http://www.bikertech.de/ (German only) http://www.bikertech.de/webshop/ (Shop) Thank you for the links. That's what I was looking for ;-) Greets Michael ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Bike/motorcycle mount - was: Re: GPS application
Thanks! Jens Meyer wrote: Hello! For GPS and MTB the following German company seems to be an insider-tipp: http://www.bikertech.de/html/english.html http://www.bikertech.de/ (German only) http://www.bikertech.de/webshop/ (Shop) For my MTB I am actually using an RK-Klick-1 with the universal mount PDA-VAR for my N73, but maybe this would fit for the Freerunner also. Waterproof bags with mount are available also: PDA-Tasche Not very cheap but very useful... Kind regards! Jens Dale Maggee schrieb: For car mount, the mount I have for my (now deprecated!) iPAQ works nicely, although it obscures the power button, makes exiting programs a bit or a pain: http://www.ow.com.au/shop/PDA-Car-Mounts/Arkon-CM910-Universal-PDA-Mount-Kit I'd *love* to see a motorbike mount! although it would need to be *very* secure, and waterproof -Dale steve wrote: Bike mount? Or car mount? Guillermo how hard is that? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Coggins Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 4:57 AM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: GPS application (was: Request for help: Would like communityapplications to show anddiscuss at LinuxWorld) If you don't need a GPS that's great but I find them really useful. Yes, maps and a compasses are really useful but they are quite bulky and you need the right one. Thanks to the FreeRunner I've now got localised, street level maps for a large part of the work (OSM[0]) in my pocket. In addition to this I don't even have to work out where I am and what direction I am moving in. I'm also looking for a mount for my bicycle handlebars so I'll have a full bike computer with me when I'm riding - speed, direction, time and distance will all be displayed for me along with the map. If I think of anything else I want to hand I could either implement it myself or ask the tangoGPS guys. And they are *so* much fun in planes :) Tim [0] http://www.openstreetmap.org/ On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Ken Restivo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:38:07PM +0300, Mikko Rauhala wrote: ti, 2008-07-29 kello 20:53 +0200, Marcus Bauer kirjoitti: I'm a huge Openstreetmap fan but until OSM is ready for routing this will take at least five more years, probably ten. That's probably true _if you drive a car_ (though even for that it can be a handy help, especially in areas that don't happen to have lots of turn restrictions, though you of course don't want to just blindly drive listening to it anyway). Us others want navigation too and are considerably less hampered by OSM's current lackings. 'course, there are other projects than TangoGPS, but it seems otherwise nice so one would like it to include this as well. As long as I'm not coding it, it's not my call, of course :] PS: Kudos for your work and all, but with all your hyperbole, jumping to conclusions, accusations of lying and stuff, you might want to take a step back for a breather if you want, you know, people to bother to listen to you instead of just wanting to rant wildly. I have a really dumb question: What is the point of having GPS anyway? I don't travel much, so perhaps that's why I just don't get it. If I'm navigating around a strange city, though, a hardcopy map is plenty good. I spend most of my time walking or taking public transport, within a very short radius, in an area I already know very well. I'm just not getting what's cool or exciting about GPS. -ken ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
