-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | My area too is poorly mapped. But what I think is that once someone | start using a commercial program because they need it, they will never | get back to a free project if it is not yet able to deliver the same | service. | My understanding is that the development of free projects is started | and driven by a need. If needs are fulfilled by another program, the | effort that is put in developing the free project lowers considerably. | | I really look forward for an Openmoko application able to display and | let me update OSM (by gathering gps data or directly on the road).
I agree, this thread made me pretty curious about that possibility. It seems all you need is GPS polling and logging into simple XML to make the road data, and it is a separate step that can be done cooperatively with your browser to annotate it. So although I just speak for myself and did not use the GPS function yet or know anything about it, I would really imagine the GPS data collection end while you drive or walk around will come along because it is simple and valuable. I think when discussing OSM we have to add "...today" to everything, as in "my area is poorly mapped... today": it clearly evolves fast and even a modest density of GPS collecting folk will fill it in over time... I mean you can just go for a long and rather fractal walk around your village or town with Freerunner in your pocket and -- bang. - -Andy -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkfsttYACgkQOjLpvpq7dMrdkACeI2IADu4ev40W8yXWSjm6BjG4 2dAAoJQZPWIy0nz0zie9WWhn5CxQatt/ =3Ixy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community