Hi,

my suggestion for POI databases repositories is not bad, as I use
$100 car navigation system coming with preloaded maps and POI databases.
Building POI databases on my own is ok but the same job has to be done by each user of maemo mapper, so why not to add new feature -
load POI databases from the Internet (Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, Micosoft Maps and free maps, free POI).

So if you meant by building POI db on my own adding new POIs to existing POI db it's ok but to build POI db of some hundred POIs is really a hard job and make no sense.

Ok. I am aware, there is a commercial market for POI dbs and some such POI dbs are protected against making a free copy.
So why not ask maemo users to build our own free POI dbs and have repository for such maemo built POI dbs ?

Any car navigation system is = embedded device + maps + routing + POI and more.

Searcheable POI db of updated POIs to be selected by categories is really necessary.
We have got maps, now we need POIs to be placed on such maps.

Interfacing POIs for live updates should work the same way map tiles live download works to get POIs for the downloaded map tiles at the ame time and if you use preloaded map tiles to get POIs preloaded too.



Darius