Re: Lightweight 'navigational' app? (Was Re: Real Neo1973 photo / Neo delayed...!?)
On Friday 12 January 2007 03:12, you wrote: installed or otherwise connected to or in communication with vehicles, capable of vehicle navigation, positioning, dispatch, real time route guidance, fleet management or similar applications. ... So whatever you do, do *not* attach your Neo to your car and let it drive.. ;-) I would not delve into what installed, connected or in communication means (or could mean), lawyers have one the weirdest sense of interpretation, but hey, IANAL :) ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Lightweight 'navigational' app? (Was Re: Real Neo1973 photo / Neo delayed...!?)
Sven Neuhaus wrote: Sean Moss-Pultz wrote: We have two more kits that will be available (in addition to the standard kit): A Car Kit and a Hacker's Lunchbox. Car kit? Please tell me it includes car navigation software... :) This screen (not to mention the GPS) is just screaming for maps to display. We were chewing this one over at work the other day. If you could pull a list of waypoints from (say) Google's mapping API, and location data from the GPS it might be possible to get something really useful without the heavy map data or rendering engines. Obviously I've done zero research on this one yet, but it sounds reasonable from a pure handwave level. We've got a data connection - use it! ;-) -P ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Lightweight 'navigational' app? (Was Re: Real Neo1973 photo / Neo delayed...!?)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Bohme schreef: Sven Neuhaus wrote: Sean Moss-Pultz wrote: We have two more kits that will be available (in addition to the standard kit): A Car Kit and a Hacker's Lunchbox. Car kit? Please tell me it includes car navigation software... :) This screen (not to mention the GPS) is just screaming for maps to display. We were chewing this one over at work the other day. If you could pull a list of waypoints from (say) Google's mapping API, and location data from the GPS it might be possible to get something really useful without the heavy map data or rendering engines. Obviously I've done zero research on this one yet, but it sounds reasonable from a pure handwave level. We've got a data connection - use it! ;-) As mentioned before: http://gnuite.com:8080/nokia770/maemo-mapper/ check the link to driving directions regards, Koen -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFFpsoKMkyGM64RGpERAtiPAJsE+TNap/OvoQd46Oh5EArfBMTNOACfTtW5 uaXl3K3+dDUcJac0m3qmn8Q= =8fmw -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Lightweight 'navigational' app? (Was Re: Real Neo1973 photo / Neo delayed...!?)
On Friday 12 January 2007 00:15, Paul Bohme wrote: Car kit? Please tell me it includes car navigation software... :) We were chewing this one over at work the other day. If you could pull a list of waypoints from (say) Google's mapping API, and location data from the GPS it might be possible to get something really useful without level. We've got a data connection - use it! ;-) The one little problem with that: Terms of Service for Google Maps ... Except where you have been specifically licensed to do so by Google, you may not use Google Maps with any products, systems, or applications installed or otherwise connected to or in communication with vehicles, capable of vehicle navigation, positioning, dispatch, real time route guidance, fleet management or similar applications. ... ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
