[OSM-talk] Footnav - new 3D project aimed at countryside users

[Nick Whitelegg]

Hello everyone,

A quick update on the Footnav project, which I've hinted at once or twice 
on here. Footnav aims to be a 3D mobile navigation application for 
countryside users e.g. hikers, off road cyclists, showing OSM data (paths, 
3D models of stiles, gates etc, and hills using SRTM data).

I've now started work on it and it's now on Sourceforge at:

http://footnav.sourceforge.net/

It doesn't do a lot right now, and is not tested on all platforms, but at 
the moment you can load a SRTM height file, specify the bounds within the 
file you want to load in, and jump to a location (I've used UK grid ref, 
sorry about that but it's easier for me to test with as I know many UK 
grid refs off by heart). The SRTM is rendered with a wireframe view. 
There's no optimisation yet so you need a proper 3D graphics card 
otherwise it will run too slowly.

It uses OpenGL and Qt so is cross platform. Eventual target platform will 
be any mobile phone which supports Qt and OpenGL, but that's some way off 
just yet!

Anyway thought I'd let people know in case anyone wants to follow the 
project or work on it. 

Nick