[OSM-talk] Off line OSM editing application with scrolling map for use in remote areas

[Nick Whitelegg]

On Friday 19 Oct 2007 17:51, Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote:
> Nick Whitelegg wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Got the feeling that this was discussed at SOTM but I can't remember the
> > exact software that was discussed.
> >
> > Someone I know has an idea of doing OSM mapping in remote parts of Africa
> > where there is no internet access, using a laptop or possibly PDA. The
> > idea is, all the OSM data for the area would be pre-loaded into the
> > application before they go, then while they're out there they construct
> > OSM data offline as they're travelling round.  As they move round, if
> > there is a GPS unit plugged into the laptop the map could scroll.
> >
> > There would also need to be some system of uploading all the new data
> > when they return to avoid conflicts.
> >
> > Is anyone working in this area?
>
> I don't know how difficult this would be to impliment, but a good
> solution to this may be to allow JOSM to work with some sort of database
> backend, rather than in-memory java objects. The idea would then be that
> you can load a whole planet file (or at least the whole UK) into JOSM,
> and it not become intolerably slow.
>
> Robert (Jamie) Munro

Thanks for the replies on this. Think the database/client app solution would 
probably be the easiest for a non technical user to set up, providing setup 
scripts were written.

Nick