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

[AssetBurned]

Hi,

thanks for the tip! The program works with my Nokia, but it looks like you have to compile the whole program every time if you want to update the map data. o_O

Sorry but that makes it totally unusable in this case. I need to have a setup that is also usable by my dad. I can explain him to download a file and use it to replace an old one on a storage card... but if I try to explain him that he has to compile something.... no way.

Maybe that is a cool tool if you want to start a business (as some people did in the Apple-App-Store) to sell OpenStreetMap maps for a phone, or if you have to install the same map data on several phones. But not usable in my case :-/ even if i like the idea to have a search function for POIs, addresses and everything else stored in OSM.

cu AssetBurned

On 24.03.2010, at 18:45, Graham Jones wrote:

> Gpsmid is quite a good solution for phones with java (J2ME).
> 
>> On Mar 24, 2010 5:31 PM, "AssetBurned" <openstreetmap at assetburned.de> wrote:
>> 
>> 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.

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