[OSM-talk] Nokia N810

[Jason Reid]

David Earl wrote:
> Has anyone got a Nokia N810? (This is a Linux internet tablet with a 
> built in GPS - http://europe.nokia.com/A4568578 - that someone mentioned 
> on this list a while back, and is now available).
>
> If so, how easy is it to get at the raw data and/or a GPX file for the 
> GPS. Are there other applications than the supplied maps for the GPS? Is 
> there a "capture track and mark waypoints" application?
>
> Java? Does JOSM install on it? Can the GPS be hooked direct into JOSM 
> (eg. via LiveGPS and gpsd - does the gps have a virtual port or 
> something like that)?
>
> Any experience of the accuracy of the GPS - would it be no worse than my 
> Garmin Geko?
>
> Any experience of voice recording?
>
> I'm very tempted.
>
> David
>
>
>   
Using the 'Maemo-Mapper' application is the suggested approach versus 
using the Nokia supplied "Maps" program (I don't have an N810, only an 
N800 currently but I do know that it works fine with the GPS in the 
810). Maemo-mapper can export directly to .gpx (through the 'save track' 
feature), and as an added bonus defaults to using OSM tiles for the 
display.

No working Java support yet, though there are a few people who've been 
working towards it slowly from my understanding. And I doubt that JOSM 
in its current form would be that usable due to both its resource 
requirements and the size of the display.

-Jason Reid