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

[Martijn van Exel]

Could QGIS be sufficiently customized to fit that purpose for them? It’s pretty flexible but the needed customizations may be pretty involved.
Martijn

> On Sep 12, 2022, at 17:28, Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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