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sulu is offline sulu
2011-01-25 , 22:42
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Hello,

can somebody please tell me where I can actually download maps for ovi maps? I'd be interested in the whole Europe set.
Yes, I know this link [1] and that thread [2] and some others too, but they all don't seem to provide an actual map download, just a Windows downloader executable which is useless to me since I have no Windows.

Edit:
Strange! The 2.0 maps download at [1] works for me, but the 3.x download redirects me to [3]. Do I get that right that I need the 3.x maps or that they are at least of better quality? If so, how do I get them?

[1] http://nokiamaps.site666.info/
[2] http://maemo.org/community/maemo-use...n_n900_how_to/
[3] http://europe.nokia.com/apps-maps-and-more
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Wikiwide is offline Wikiwide
2011-01-26 , 00:51
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Quick reply...
http://www.hpsblog.com/2009/07/direc...0-without.html
 

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Swirnoff is offline Swirnoff
2011-01-26 , 01:16
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just use an OS emulator like VMware Workstation. You'd need OS image as well, which I could tell you haw to get in PM
 
sulu is offline sulu
2011-01-26 , 07:58
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Originally Posted by Wikiwide View Post
Quick reply...
http://www.hpsblog.com/2009/07/direc...0-without.html
Thanks!

Originally Posted by Swirnoff View Post
just use an OS emulator like VMware Workstation. You'd need OS image as well, which I could tell you haw to get in PM
I know that option. But I don't want to install a proprietary software (ok, I could use qemu too) to emulate a proprietary OS just to download a simple zip file.
There are good reasons for proprietary software in some cases, but this is not one of them. Therefore simple archive downloads shouldn't be masked by a proprietary wrapper.
 

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2011-01-26 , 08:17
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Originally Posted by sulu View Post
But I don't want to install a proprietary software
Virtualbox does the trick as well, and is mostly open source (although owned by EVIL ORACLE)
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sulu is offline sulu
2011-01-26 , 09:12
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Originally Posted by petur View Post
Virtualbox does the trick as well, and is mostly open source (although owned by EVIL ORACLE)
I know. I use the OSE version for some applications. But for the ovi maps downloader I'd still need to get a Windows image from somewhere and break the EULA just to download a zip file.
 

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2011-01-26 , 09:48
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Originally Posted by sulu View Post
I know. I use the OSE version for some applications. But for the ovi maps downloader I'd still need to get a Windows image from somewhere and break the EULA just to download a zip file.
Just use wine, it's fully open source and it runs windows applications like you would use a native application of your OS.
 
sulu is offline sulu
2011-01-26 , 10:04
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Originally Posted by MiK546 View Post
Just use wine, it's fully open source and it runs windows applications like you would use a native application of your OS.
Yes I know.
But the initial problem stays the same: You need to jump through proprietary hoops (the Windows binary) just to get a simple zip archive. There is simply no good reason to download a file this way.
I don't like wine. From a technical point of view it's a great project and I hold the developers in high esteem, but the reasons that make it necessary are symptoms of a twisted software ecosystem that I don't want to support. (I know this may sound weird to some people.)
 

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2011-01-26 , 10:11
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I do not quite get it!
Just follow the links from this entry on and download the files you need!
 
MiK546 is offline MiK546
2011-01-26 , 10:16
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Originally Posted by sulu View Post
Yes I know.
But the initial problem stays the same: You need to jump through proprietary hoops (the Windows binary) just to get a simple zip archive. There is simply no good reason to download a file this way.
I don't like wine. From a technical point of view it's a great project and I hold the developers in high esteem, but the reasons that make it necessary are symptoms of a twisted software ecosystem that I don't want to support. (I know this may sound weird to some people.)
Well, if you want to do it the hard way the maps can be downloaded as a .zip from here: http://www.hpsblog.com/2009/07/direc...0-without.html
 
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