[OSM-talk] Using OSM Maps on a Nokia Phone without online updates?

Ken Guest ken at linux.ie
Wed Mar 24 17:48:01 GMT 2010


Out of the other apps that I have tried on my S80 nokia (a 9310i)
whereAmI did seem the best suited.
Not sure if it's still in active development though.

k.

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 5:25 PM, AssetBurned
<openstreetmap at assetburned.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to figure out the best way to use OSM abroad, with my equipment.
>
> I need a way to use downloaded data. So I thought I could use my Symbian S60v3 phone for it. It is a Nokia N82, a good tool for tracking, but to locate yourself?!
> I found the WhereAmI+ app, but I'm not sure if it's still in developing and I also have problems to get maps on it (the export function doesn't work).
>
> I'm not looking for an app that allows me full TomTom like navigation, just the usual "here I am" and "ok there is a street", in combination with a way to track my position in background.
> I guess that this app is the right one, but if I can't install the maps for another country before I travel it would be totally useless.
>
> Does someone have a good idea for an alternative?
> I was also thinking about buying a Garmin, but the N82 does basically have the same functionality already. Maybe a tool to use Garmin maps on the N82 could be a solution, but I haven't seen such an app.
>
> cu AssetBurned
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