[Talk-us] offline OSM viewers for Windows, for Police/Fire?

[Simon Poole]

I generally point to mapsforge based apps for such things, naturally 
these days you can definitely cobble something together with vector 
tiles if that is preferable.

For mapsforge see 
https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge/blob/master/docs/Mapsforge-Applications.md

Simon

Am 13.09.2022 um 01:26 schrieb Greg Troxel:
> I have talked to my police department about OSM, particularly about
> using it for trails in conservation areas relating to calls for lost or
> injured hikers.
>
> For this to be useful for them, the path is to start with something that
> can run on Windows laptops in the patrols cars.  I don't use windows, so
> I'm asking for advice about which program to recommend (since I don't
> want to make a bad recommendation) to try.  (Yes, I know about OsmAnd
> and Organic Maps and have pruned them from the initial steps -- I was
> specifically asked for a Windows program.)
>
> My take on requirements:
>
>    - Free Software (I don't want to recommend anything proprietary, even
>      if zero cost, because I don't want to try to run it myself)
>
>    - can use pre-downloaded maps stored on the disk, and function without
>      internet (basic robustness for emergency use).  Maps can be updated
>      by just placing files on the computer, by an IT person, perhaps
>      after downloading them on one machine.
>
>    - can enter a marker by decimal degrees (e.g type in 42.12345 -71.67890
>      as read by dispatch; that format can be extracted from the E-911
>      system) of someone/someplace that needs help
>
>    - can display current location assuming there is some GPS device (I'm
>      unclear on that)
>
> and very desirable:
>
>    - either supports some topo/hiking style with contour lines, or can be
>      set up for a locally written style
>      
> a plus for me:
>
>    - works in WINE, or not Windows only and also runs on "reasonable
>      POSIX systems" or macOS, but I expect this is already
>      overconstrained
>
> I would appreciate recommendations and especially to hear if anyone has
> been down this road and how it worked out.  Feel free to unicast reply
> if you aren't comfortable giving details in public and I can summarize
> recommendations.
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
>
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