[OSM-newbies] moving around the map while at a particular zoom?

[Andy Robinson]

On 17/02/2008, Terra Frost <terrafrost at gmail.com> wrote:
> In Google Maps, when you're at a particular zoom, you can move left or right
> with either the directional keypad or by moving the mouse. Can this be done
> with JSOM?
>
> Also, would it be possible to view data with JSOM in the same manner that
> openstreetmap.org does?
>
> My goal is to be able to put this information onto a GPS enabled PDA.  I
> could download all the data for a particular US state onto my PDA, but (1) I
> don't have enough memory for this and (2) I'm only interested in one city,
> anyway.  As such, I'm trying to use JSOM to grab the specific parts I'm
> interested in, but I'd like to be able to preview what I have before putting
> it onto my PDA.  Right now, it doesn't even seem to show roadnames, and even
> if it did, it'd be of limited usefulness given that I can't move around at a
> particular zoom.

JOSM is an editor rather than something you produce maps from for your
PDA. Search the wiki and you will find some ideas of how to get maps
on your PDA. Presumably you want something that does the same as
mkgmap for Garmin units.

Cheers

Andy


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Andy Robinson