[Osmf-talk] OSMF Strategic Planning 2023 - call for participation

[Niels Elgaard Larsen]

b.kilhu+ytrwslnopdfujmrtjzkvsxweizfjncifmzdwwypiihjzdikulpnvql+- at gmail.com:
> What do you think about improving the map web app to also run on dumb
> feature phones? Such devices don't support any apps at all, but they
> can show web pages via an optimizing web proxy such as Opera Mini and
> UC Browser.
> 
> They are severely limited, but can run JavaScript for 5 seconds per
> click. They usually bundle launcher icons (which in reality are
> browser bookmarks) to stripped down mobile versions of Google Search,
> Gmail, Facebook, Twitter and such.
> 
> By enabling these phones to display an OSM based map and perhaps even
> contribute or update POI, we could gain mappers in the regions that
> would need the most attention.

Can you be more specific:

Which regions?

Can you name a couple of models of the phones you have in mind, so that we can check 
the specs and prices?

How would it work? Could we make tiny javascript applets, e.g. following a route?

Maybe we could get inspiration from fitness watches?

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Niels Elgaard Larsen