Re: GPS application

2008-08-02 Thread Dale Maggee 
For car mount, the mount I have for my (now deprecated!) iPAQ works 
nicely, although it obscures the power button, makes exiting programs a 
bit or a pain:

http://www.ow.com.au/shop/PDA-Car-Mounts/Arkon-CM910-Universal-PDA-Mount-Kit

I'd *love* to see a motorbike mount! although it would need to be *very* 
secure, and waterproof

-Dale

steve wrote:
  Bike mount?

  Or car mount?

  Guillermo how hard is that?

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 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

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Re: 2007.2 Multitap-pad toggle?

2008-08-01 Thread Dale Maggee 
Dylan Reilly wrote:
 Bah. I suppose I should have tested them first. The screen shot app is
 broken for me and refuses to save valid PNG's. So, no screen shot love
 for now I am afraid.
   
some error about 'cannot convert chunk to ISO-whatever?

if so, do 'ln -s /lib/libc.so.6 /lib/libc.so'...

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Re: Lack of 3G a killer for Australia

2008-08-01 Thread Dale Maggee 
In reality, the GSM network in Australia has ample coverage. Blanket 
statements like 'the FreeRunner will not function well as a phone in 
Australia' are patently incorrect.

please provide some evidence as to where 'service is declining badly', 
I've *never* heard a story of GSM coverage shrinking, and I know 
multiple people at Telstra.

 I've had to get a 3G handset and carrier just to get consistent phone 
reception in my unit and
 I know several people who've had to do the same thing.

Where are you? What GSM carrier are/were you using? what model phone? 
does your building happen to be lead-lined? I find this difficult to 
believe, unless you're somewhere rather remote.

-Dale

Ben wrote:
 Unfortunately the FreeRunner will not function well as a phone in
 Australia due to the lack of 3G.

 The Australian Telcos don't appear to be spending anymore money on pre
 3G networks and they may even be pulling some of it out as service is
 declining badly. I've had to get a 3G handset and carrier just to get
 consistent phone reception in my unit and I know several people who've
 had to do the same thing.

 The future is highly mobile though, so I look forward to a 3G phone
 running OpenMoko.

 Ben

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