maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - What repository for updated POI databases for maemo mapper ?

	YoDude	2008-08-24 , 01:28
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Originally Posted by Lord Raiden

I think you have to build your own POI. I did run across a perl downloader script that would download and build a POI database from google, but that's all I've seen.

I'm sure there is a Google DB that can be accessed. I know it can be parsed.

Doing so may be beyond the capabilities of M/M as we know it today.

There is a JAVA class floating around here that does just that. Why build a repository?

Build an app that converts a search output into a format that can be read by M/M. Save that GPX file on the tablet, then point to it as a poi file in M/M.

Edit: Both Yahoo and Google have search API's that can provide this info.

Last edited by YoDude; 2008-08-24 at 03:15. Reason: More info

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