[OSM-dev] 'My first OSM experiences' - PDA Mapping software and the OSM mobile binary protocol

[Thomas Wood]

2009/1/6 Oliver Ford <osm at oliford.co.uk>:
> marcus.wolschon at googlemail.com wrote:
>> I added some clarifications to the wiki-page
>> on the Osmbin-format. (What it is intended for,
>> what the status is and that it is not related
>> to this "osm mobile binary protocoll".)
>>
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMbin(file_format)
>>
>>
> Ok, that helps.
>
> You probably ought to say whether it relates to the 'OSM Binary Format'
> (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Binary_Format)
> I've also just noticed the wiki distinguishes between
> 'OSM_Mobile_Binary_Protocol' and 'OSM_Mobile_Binary_Protocol'.
>
> So now we have:
> 1) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Binary_Format
> 2) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Mobile_Binary_Format
> 3) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Mobile_Binary_Protocol
> 4) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMbin(file_format)
>
> Is it just me or would some general clarification/coordination be useful
> here?
>
> Oli
>
>

Binary data formats has been thrashed over several times, often with
different outcomes (as the number of proposed formats/protocols etc
show).

However, I'm pretty sure that your code would be welcomed by many in svn :)

Of course, there's also probably a myriad of other open data formats
for this sort of thing also....

-- 
Regards,
Thomas Wood
(Edgemaster)