Are you aware that you can display OSM maps on certain Garmin GPS units? Perhaps this would be a better solution for someone like you or I, who find the details of Linux etc to be rather propeller-headed!
I love the idea of the Openmoko Freerunner, but think it just isn't ready for semi-nerds like me. Fully qualified nerds only for now! ;-) On a tangent, I believe this is what is keeping Linux (and many OSM applications for that matter) out of the mainstream - the failure to recognise that even people very comfortable typing things into a command prompt are baffled when the instructions provided by experts assume a lot of prior knowledge. Regards, Dave --- On Mon, 8/9/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OSM-newbies] openmoko freerunner for both maps and recording tracks? > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 8 September, 2008, 3:33 PM > 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 _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
