Re: [mkgmap-dev] Satnav for non-proprietary maps?

2016-02-21 Thread Mark Bradley
> Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:05:51 +1000 > From: Nev Wedding <nwas...@gmail.com> > To: Development list for mkgmap <mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk> > Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Satnav for non-proprietary maps? > > Hi Mark > > You can use openstre

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Satnav for non-proprietary maps?

2016-02-14 Thread Regunathan Umapathy
I do not own any android devices yet. I fond some of my colleagues are using maps.me application in Apple and andriod phones that make use of the openstreetmap. Ofcourse it's free but updates are some what infrequent. Now last updated ones date some where mid of december last year. It's works fine

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Satnav for non-proprietary maps?

2016-02-14 Thread Marko Mäkelä
On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 02:47:40PM -0500, Mark Bradley wrote: The other day I got to thinking-is there no such thing as a GPS/satnav that can display maps created in an open-source format, such as .pbf? First of all, navigation requires several features: * Map display * Routing graph

[mkgmap-dev] Satnav for non-proprietary maps?

2016-02-14 Thread Mark Bradley
The other day I got to thinking-is there no such thing as a GPS/satnav that can display maps created in an open-source format, such as .pbf? In other words, a format that doesn't have to be reverse engineered? Perhaps an analogy would be an unlocked cellphone-you pay extra for it (or hack it),