On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 5:03 PM, Frank Steinmetzger <war...@gmx.de> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 07:55:43AM +0200, Raffaele Belardi wrote: >> I suppose it's due to Google's choice to support only Chrome, although I >> missed the Gentoo >> news bit if there was one. >> >> For Android there is the really good Open Street Map application, are there >> any desktop >> alternatives in Portage for non-Chrome users? I know OSM has a web interface >> but I'd >> prefer a standalone application. > > Coincidentally, I am looking for a program with which to manage a collection > of locations. Many a year ago I did this with Googleearth – it offered a > tree in which I sorted all sorts of locations, mostly places that I have > been on holiday, with my school class, on tour with choirs and so on. > > In the end I would like to be able to view a map of my > area/country/continent with a cloud of colourful flags/markers. > > I don’t really want to use Osmand for this even though it uses kml(?), the > same format used by Googleearth. The reason being I only have a small-screen > Android device which screen is not comfortable enough for this task and its > storage space (for maps) is rather limited. > > I had a quick look at viking, but I couldn’t really get a hang of the UI and > I got the impression that it’s not meant for this kind of use case. > > I do use marble now and again, but unfortunately, it does not have a marker > feature at all. > > Can anyone give a suggestion? Cheerio. >
I think QGIS is a good option. I invite you to search for "QGIS import location data." You should turn up something like http://www.qgistutorials.com/en/docs/importing_spreadsheets_csv.html. I have no personal experience with QGIS, but I have come across it a few times (coincidentally in the context of replacing Google Earth). It supports everything from amateur projects to professional civil engineering. It might feel like going 0-60 but try to give it some time. Respectfully, R0b0t1
