[Osmf-talk] OSM & LoRa LPWAN

Dan Stowell danstowell at gmail.com
Mon Sep 3 08:05:46 UTC 2018


If navigation is the requirement, at that bandwidth I'd suggest to do
it with 0 bytes/second, i.e. preload the map data and the routing
algorithm. I'd suggest the company has a look at how projects like
OsmAnd provide offline routing

Dan

Op ma 3 sep. 2018 om 08:31 schreef Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu>:
>
> I doubt anything mentioned on that site will be of any use on a
> connection whose speed is measured in bytes/minute.
>
> Then again I doubt there is any way to do online routing over
> such a connection.
>
> Tom
>
> On 03/09/18 07:37, Oleksiy Muzalyev wrote:
> > Good morning Plnr. Md. Shahriar Alam,
> >
> > If it was not done already, the website https://switch2osm.org could be
> > recommended to Ebykes.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Oleksiy
> >
> > On 03.09.18 07:08, Md Shahriar Alam wrote:
> >> Good day Everybody! A Ebykes service company of New Zealand wanted to
> >> use OSM and they have asked me about some bandwidth related issues
> >> with OSM. What should be the answer of their below Questions If
> >> someone of you know this:
> >>
> >> " We're taking a holistic approach that we believe will dramatically
> >> improve eBikes. We're doing this by drilling down into all the key
> >> components, to identify better ways of doing things.
> >>
> >> As we're developing our own electric motor package and control system,
> >> I'm interested in adding features which could be enabled by accessing
> >> a low cost & power IoT network. Hence, I'm trying to figure out which
> >> LPWAN technology suits our applications best and whether these
> >> networks offer sufficient bandwidth to that offering OpenStreetMap
> >> navigation via the bikes LCD touchscreen would not simply cause a lot
> >> of frustration!
> >>
> >> We've been trying to find out the bandwidth requirements of OSM but so
> >> far I've been unsuccessful. Hence, I thought I'd see if I could find
> >> someone associated with OSM with the knowledge to be able to offer
> >> such advice. I thought you looked like such a person! Is that
> >> something you may be able to help us with?
> >>
> >> To give you some idea of the bandwidth of these network technologies.
> >> LoRa, which is quite a common IoT network seems to be limited to 50
> >> bytes every 5-10 min for both the up and down link. The network
> >> operator explains that there is a difference between what is possible
> >> with the network and what is recommended to get stable results in all
> >> conditions, so allowing for 50 bytes enables stable results in all
> >> conditions.
> >>
> >> The operator also suggests that the ability of their network to
> >> provide map function data transfer will depend on how much data is
> >> transferred, how frequently, and if it is suitable to be sent as a
> >> discreet data payload."
> >>
> >>
> >> *Thanks and Regards***
> >>
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