hi guys

i want to navigate with my n810 offline. i heard that this is possible with navit and osm maps. i know that maemo mapper is fine but cannot calculate routes offline...

so my question how can i get routes offline with my n810?
and is there any howto?

Head to http://downloads.cloudmade.com Select where you are and download the Navit bin file. Enjoy.

Will these bin files allow Maemo Mapper to calculate routes offline? Or just navit?

yeah the map sources are very fine!!!

i have installed navit, no problem so far
i also have an example map, but i really dont know how i can add my personal maps to navit....

i have done some search in google and they always tell to edit navit.xml, now i was able to find this file using gpefilemanager but i dont know how i can edit it and i also know what exatly i should edit...

I'm sorry but im new to maemo so pls give me some help with this, even if im a complete noob

thx

Can maemo mapper read the bin file? I'm a bit confused.

No, just Navit. Navit uses the vector maps, while Maemo Mapper uses raster maps.

Navit works, but is extremely non-user friendly.

Hotz, use the Navit wiki. It really helped me. http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/Main_Page

I use emelfm2, then find the file (make sure you can see hidden files), then use the find function to find Openstreet, then enable the mapset, change the path to where my map is, and disable the demo map.

I hope that helped.

Sandlord, do you know how I can make a .osm file work in MaemoMapper?

thx for the link but i found the wiki today and walked threw....
i installed the emelfm2 - works fine-
but is there an option to search in the editing mode? so that i do not have to scroll down all the way?
how do i enable invisible files, and what for is good for?
I managed to find navit.xml in \usr\share\navit\navit.xml and copied to \home\user\navit.xml
I edited the copied file as dicribed and saved....
--> noo maps shows up! gps is active...
then i tried to edit the \usr\share\navit\navit.xml i know that i do not have to do this but.... anyway permisson was denied, i did the gain root so i have no idea why i dont have permission. i'm also not allowed to create an folder....do i have to run the x terminal with root all the time to be root ..??
thx for answerers!

i tipped navit in x term to start it an got this error message...
maybe anyone knows what i have messed up...

so finaliy i manged to get it done! It works!!!!
so what i changeg was the path to the map. i choose the default path and created the according folder and named my map like the default map is called "osm_europe.bin" i really dont know what i did wrong before, but i everything is fine and i'm happy!

and pls excuse my bad english...

That kinda sucks that Navit is so user unfriendly. I wonder how long it'll be before it's uber user friendly. I for one prefer raster maps over vector since they look nicer, however, vector has so many more advantages over raster that it makes it silly to stay with raster.