[OSM-talk] Neat use of OpenStreetMap

[Paul Johnson]

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> wrote:

>
> It is not clear to me what isn't "free" about MLS, but in any case
> openbmap has been around for quite a while.
>

It's the fact you have to go through an API and tell Mozilla what you can
see now, and they provide you a geocoordinate and DOP for that, as opposed
to being able to download it yourself and be able to do that offline,
locally.


> The main issue with -all- of these alternative location services is that
> they currently can't be seamlessly be integrated in to mobile OSs
> without the cooperation of the manufacturers which kinds of makes them
> redundant.
>

 It's pretty seamless in Android, assuming you're not locked in on the
carrier's OS du jure.  If you're on Android's official distribution,
CyanogenMod or another customized Android distro, it's somewhat easy to
install.
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