Hello, I'm a real newbie, with up to now only a vague experience in digital maps (used a Route66 CD on a macintosh till when they stopped selling updates), an even more vague exp. in GPS devices (only used other's) and 10 mn of (happily) experiencing TangoGPS on a linux laptop.
I consider buying an Openmoko Freerunner device, in the idea that it would provide both an usable "ordinary GPS" function (with OSM maps preloaded) and a way to record datapaths occasionally during travels or week-ends in my neighborhood to update OSM. Let's add that I consider the Freerunner mainly because of its open source software, but I am not a computer beef (for instance, using my 1-month-old linux laptop is *still* hard as soon as it comes to install/updates). Knowing this, what would you advise re. the freerunner: - is it a bad idea, should I buy another device instead (why? simpler? easier? What are the most used devices here btw?) - is it the right HW but should I consider other SW? (what's simpler?) - should I start with an ordinary GPS (with recording capablity) and leave the actual using of OSM maps for later (or just on the laptop)? BTW, I tried, but didn't find, a way to search the maillist existing database: I opened a couple of months' archives in the web interface but didn't really manage to scan the whole archive: did I miss something? Should my question be sent to the normal "talk" archive instead? TIA! Hervé Sainct _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
