[OSM-talk] Vector maps for Android

[John F. Eldredge]

Parveen Arora <mail at parveenarora.in> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Please let me know some good application to use vector data of osm on
> android phone becase tiles needs a lot of bandwidth to access the maps
> easily.
> 
> I have tried many applications but not found any satisfactory
> applocation
> till now.
> 
> All the applications availble are third party  applications and ask to
> pay
> for them at some point.
> 
> I want to know is there any official osm application for android or if
> there is any work going on it.
> 

Unless you are talking about a very small area, say just a kilometer or so across, I don 't think you are likely to get good results trying to render maps directly on the phone.  Phones are rather limited in memory and CPU speed compared to even a low-end desktop or laptop computer.

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