I need a map of the programs for viewing maps.

In the N800 there is pre-installed "Map" and ability to download some maps. I never needed that, but tested it out yesterday, just for fun. For me, the major shortcoming was that it did not show street names until the zoom was focused on a very small area. I couldn't find a fix for that. But after downloading the East and West USA, I checked some cities and the street layout are pretty much up-to-date. I just can't see the street names.

Then in the maemo garage I noticed a program "maemo-mapper" is at the top of the download list. "Is that the same Map program?" I wondered. Apparently not. And there is something in the N800 ApplicationManager called "mapdownloader" that gets "maptile" maps by longitude and latitude. But it does not say what program the maptile would be for.

<rant>Generally, I've found programs for N800 to be badly labeled and their descriptions are not informative. If maemo-mapper said "this is a free/open competitor against the Map program from the Wayfinder company that is provided in the N800" it would have helped me a bit more.

Speaking of vague descriptions, note flite is described as a hacked up version of flite! If the description said "this is a synthesizer that converts written text into audible speech" think how much happier people would be And then, if fbReader would use flite to read out loud, we could dance in the street with joy!</rant>

PJ