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