There are also small tablets with apps for osm
2013/11/11 André Pirard <a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com> > On 2013-11-11 19:28, Guy Vanvuchelen wrote : > > Ik sta op het punt om een nieuwe tablet te kopen. Maar ik geraak er maar > niet uit of die een ingebouwde GPS moet hebben of niet. Heeft het nut > i.v.m. het inbrengen van gegevens van OSM. 3G zie ik niet zitten. > > It looks like a lapalissade, but a GPS receiver is only used to know where > the device is. > This means that without GPS you will be able to see maps but that you will > have to swipe them yourself as you move instead of the program doing it > according to the GPS. > This means that you, most sorrily, won't be able to track a trip (make a > GPX trace) or locate a point. > There are also surprising applications. With GPS, you may subscribe to a > server that will (hopefully) tell you where your device is if you lost it, > and even erase your data if you give up getting it back. But that needs 3G. > > 3G is not necessary for most OSM based applications. They use "offline" > maps (stored inside the device). > For other applications that must access the Internet to get the map, it's > possible to put and lock the data in cache while at home before the trip. > 3G is only needed to compute a new route or to access POIs. > > As Marc said, a tablet may be over-sized. As I don't really need one very > much but wanted to enjoy Android, I bought what they call a phablet, a > clone of Samsung Note i9220 aka n7000, which, with a 5.5 screen, is half > way between a *ph*one and a t*ablet*. > > Hoping this will help, enjoy. > > André. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > > -- Ivo De Broeck Valleilaan 13 3360 Korbeek-lo tel +32 16 43 84 93 gsm +32 486 17 61 13 spanje tel +34 966 841 726 gsm +34 603 661 778
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