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2007-10-01
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Hey, why would gnuites work go to waste? It's a totally different thing from vector based mapping solution. And it's completely open. I'm really looking forward to seeing the 2.0 version soon.
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2007-10-01
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Originally Posted by Reggie
I actually prefer the maps from the Nokia navigation kit. Garmin maps look a bit cartoonish to me...
I like this move from Nokia. Garmin is one of the biggest clients of Navteq and in the US, Garmin navigation devices have the best maps. This would mean same Garmin-quality maps for Nokia devices.
Now can we infer that the next Internet Tablet will have built-in GPS and navigation?
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2007-10-01
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Originally Posted by Reggie
Navicore (a Nokia partner) purchases map data for the Middle East, South Africa, and Australia from NAVTEQ. However, Navicore purchases map data for Europe and North America from Tele Atlas. Hmmm...
FYI, the Nokia N800 Navigation Kit uses maps from Navicore.
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2007-10-01
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Google maps works fine for me via MaemoMapper. Of course I'd try out any other mapping software if it was free.
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2007-10-01
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Originally Posted by zerojay
But they're happy castrating Navicore's Symbian business? No, it's because they're separate platforms and "Nokia Maps" was just a rebranding of an existing Symbian product (which they acquired IIRC)
I'm pretty sure that the lack of Nokia Maps on the N800 has more to do with not castrating Navicore than because they simply don't want to do it.
Porting it to Maemo would take some quantity of work, along with a top-to-bottom recognition of Maemo as a viable platform. No, they said "all N-series devices" because one part of a big multinational company forgot about the small corner doing the NITs.
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2007-10-01
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Originally Posted by aflegg
That's entirely possible.
No, they said "all N-series devices" because one part of a big multinational company forgot about the small corner doing the NITs.
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2007-10-01
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Originally Posted by jzencovich
Only as long as Google lets you break their Terms of Service (and thus the copyright of the map owners like TeleAtlas) that way.
Google maps works fine for me via MaemoMapper. Of course I'd try out any other mapping software if it was free.
I'm really happy Maemo Mapper now uses OpenStreetMaps as the default map set. While OSM is missing in many places, countries like UK and Netherlands are already quite complete. And this is fully open data we can do interesting things with.
Things like downloading the raw data once and then rendering tiles locally, or calculating routes without internet connection...
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2007-10-01
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Originally Posted by bergie
So are you saying I should reexamine Google Maps' ToS? :S
Only as long as Google lets you break their Terms of Service (and thus the copyright of the map owners like TeleAtlas) that way.
I'm really happy Maemo Mapper now uses OpenStreetMaps as the default map set. While OSM is missing in many places, countries like UK and Netherlands are already quite complete. And this is fully open data we can do interesting things with.
Things like downloading the raw data once and then rendering tiles locally, or calculating routes without internet connection...
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2007-10-01
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Originally Posted by jzencovich
I'm pretty sure their ToS forbids this kind of use.
So are you saying I should reexamine Google Maps' ToS? :S
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2007-10-01
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Unless Nokia/Navteq releases software and map data that are both free and open (highly unlikely), Maemo Mapper will always useful. It's a fun hobby, after all, even if the code is growing unwieldy. 