There is quite a detailed wiki page on Android devices using OSM: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android.
I think that all of the applications identified by Andrew are listed, but without his user comments! Graham. On 8 March 2010 21:05, Graham Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrew, > That is a really good summary - you have found some applications that I > hadn't heard of - I'll go and try them. > I don't know if there is a decent Android page on the wiki, but the info > you have collected would be good to go on that. > > Graham. > > On 8 March 2010 17:05, Andrew Chadwick (email lists) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> (Argh, let's try that again from a subscribed email address) >> >> Nick Whitelegg wrote: >> >> > The other thing I have in mind to do is a POI collector for Android >> > devices. I seem to remember there being an interest in this before >> > Christmas when the Mapzen collector for the iPhone was launched - and >> I've >> > just got hold of an Android phone (HTC Hero) and fancy having a play. >> > Would there still be interest in this? What I'll probably do is work on >> > both apps - time permitting - but prioritise the one which has the most >> > current interest. >> >> Other people have mentioned Vespucci and BTC Mapper, which are closer to >> what you're probably thinking of. I think they're both incomplete and >> buggy though, and release very infrequently for Android 1.5. I tend to >> work with GPS export traces and photos, and I've dug around a bit in the >> marketplace for stuff that seems to work (for me): mini-reviews: >> >> >> For offline data gathering, I'm using GPS Logger for Android < >> http://gpslogger.codeplex.com/ > most right now, which allows text >> annotation and produces GPX that plays quite nicely in JOSM. That plus >> my Hero's camera app. It's said to be comparatively frugal with battery >> use if dialed down to infrequent polling. Under fairly enthusiastic >> development and release, good stuff. >> >> OSM Tracker for Android[tm] < >> http://code.google.com/p/osmtracker-android/ > is looking good too, and >> gets updates about as often: it's recently grown the ability to make >> photo records as well as voice notes, and seems to have some hardcoded >> presets. Faintly funky WinMo-esque UI that seems to be improving :) >> >> I'm hoping that Open GPS Tracker < >> http://code.google.com/p/open-gpstracker/ > will show OSM background >> layers in a future release: currently it only displays Google Maps maps, >> so it's of no use to OSMers. But it behaves very nicely, it's open >> source, seems to be updated fairly frequently, and I'd really quite like >> to use it for the task of -seeing where I've been- when out mapping. >> Looks like a good project to hack on, or at least to vote up wishlist >> items you want on :) >> >> RMaps < http://code.google.com/p/rmaps/ > can show various OSM layers >> including the public transport one, but doesn't seem able to cache >> downloaded tiles. Open-source. Annoying bug that sometimes crashes the >> app when tapping around in the map display. >> >> Maps(-) (no source URL; think it's just freeware) can cache downloaded >> tiles on the SD card for offline use, but can't be worked on publicly >> (AFAICT), and has had "ad releases" in the past without any warning, >> behaviour which I dislike intensely. >> >> >> >> And, erm, that's what I actually use. >> >> -- >> Andrew Chadwick >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> > > > > -- > Dr. Graham Jones > Hartlepool, UK > email: [email protected] > -- Dr. Graham Jones Hartlepool, UK email: [email protected]
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