Are there any ideas being thrown around about how to approach GPS navigation on either the phone or tablet? I use it on my phone about 2 times a week. Sometimes more. And though I try to stay away from Google's services as much as possible by using Map Quest and other replacements for the stock Android Apps, Google Maps is just really well polished and works really well. But the biggest draw back to ALL the navigation apps currently in use, is they ALL need a connection to download the maps for each time you use the app. Which to me is the most retarted thing in the world given that a lot of people drive out in the country where signal just drops off.
Since we are building this thing from scratch almost. Why not take something like the OpenStreetMap project, put some real Man power behind it. And make the Android app, OSMand or OSMand plus, to work much much better, so that people can submit corrections well before Ubuntu Phone (or U-Phone as I like to call it) is available. I have been trying to make a few corrections, but it rarely ever finds my locations correctly that I just can't submit any accurate data from the Android app. And the best part of OpenStreetMap, is that it would go along with the Open Nature of Ubuntu and the Free Software movement as a whole, so there wouldn't be any compromise. And unlike with Garmins or TomToms, you can submit fixes as you encounter them, and the updated maps could be downloaded on a fairly consistent basis, so you know would be getting just as good of directions as Google Maps, while not requiring data connection the whole time, saving battery life, and all with staying "open" in the Freedom Dimension. :) What you guys think? -- This message was sent from Launchpad by Daniel Clem (https://launchpad.net/~clem11388) to each member of the Ubuntu Phone team using the "Contact this team" link on the Ubuntu Phone team page (https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone). For more information see https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
