[OSM-talk] Nokia N97

[Kai Krueger]

Steve Chilton wrote:
> Friend is thinking of getting Nokia N97
> Can it save GPS tracks for OSM uploading?
> Can you use OSM maps on it in any way?
> No info on N97 on OSM wiki.

As Jonas mentioned, the N97 has a decent support for Java ME and there 
are loads of good apps for Java, covering pretty much any needs 
including creating and uploading tracks, displaying maps either in 
vector or bitmap form, online or offline (depending if you have cheap 
internet on your phone), with or without routing and several other bells 
and whistles that may make your mapping life easier including some 
options for editing OSM directly on the phone.

The fact that the N97 is a touchscreen mobile might limit your options 
slightly as most of the Java apps are written with a standard phone 
keypad in mind, but given that I believe the N97 also has a full 
keyboard, that shouldn't be a problem and in fact that can make it quite 
good for adding waypoints, or even directly editing the data. But more 
applications are starting to support touchscreen too and at least for 
GpsMid, I know we are trying to improve touchscreen support further.

To help select amongst the various options, there is a comprehensive 
list of available applications that can be used with OSM on the mobile 
phone at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software/Mobilephones with a 
good comparison of the features each supports.

So as long as the N97 it self is stable, you should not have any 
troubles to use it with OSM.

Kai

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> Cheers
> STEVE
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