Thread: [Announce] modRana: a flexible GPS navigation system
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2013-03-21 , 13:14
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Originally Posted by Whispering Weasel View Post
You can run Modrana on the linux computer as well, and download the maps there and then transfer them to the N900.
Yes, I've since seen that and am considering it as a possibility, thanks.

Originally Posted by Whispering Weasel View Post
The problem with saving to extrernal SD is with storing them as individual tiles, which is not efficient for small files on the filesystem (FAT) and takes up a lot of extra space ( quickly adding up to 20 GB if you have lots of tiles stored)..
So the sqlite db has to be in My Docs? No big deal at the moment, was more thinking about the future if/when that starts to get full.

Incidentally, after reading through the downloading tiles issues, it looks like I'll be scaling back my offline stored stuff, and just updating if I plan to leave my covered area. I'm currently downloading some from Mapquest and hope to have a reasonable local coverage soon.

I hadn't realised that it was an issue.

Thanks everyone for the help.
 

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