[OSM-talk] Some thoughts against remote mapping

[Lester Caine]

On 15/06/15 11:15, Simon Poole wrote:
>> All that is lacking is that other apps go to OSMAND rather than trying
>> > to get google maps running ... which only works with a network link?
> ...
> 
> We're really getting substantially off topic now.
> 
> Apps on android in general don't have specific other apps hardwired to
> perform tasks that they themselves don't handle. They will use a so
> called "intent" to indicate that they want to do something, for example
> display a location on a map,

The question started with 'remote mapping', and I see no reason that we
can't HELP any other parts of the world. In disaster areas, imagery is
made available fairly promptly and updating the on-line mapping is
something that can be done away from the scene, allowing those on the
ground to get on with the recovery effort, BUT if the local emergency
communications network also allows integration so that remote mappers
can fine tune the details then that has to be a help? Moving away from
the emergency environment, the same tools allow a proper conversation
between bodies in the field, and 'back office' bodies who can use higher
bandwidth connections to do the heavy grunt?

Google may control the platform, but they continue to prove their
unsuitability in that role, so there is perhaps a place for a more open
framework for both mapping and more general data management? Perhaps
managed via f-droid and designed for naive users using simple devices?
But of cause OSMAND does not come under that umbrella :(

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