[FOSS-GPS] GPSD, geoclue, and the geolocation service stack

[Brian Wilson]

>> renderer decided would be important. They either rely on the user preseeding
>> the cache or having acceptable mobile data coverage.
>
> I see... I see...  a smart gps app.... that peeks into my calendar.... and fetches the
> tiles for my destination.... when cheap internet is available ;)

For years I've been dealing with DeLorme and Garmin devices that
require me to preload data, so as long as the mechanism to do the
preseeding is not more difficult than those, I don't see this as a big
challenge. I'd just want to be able to select a large area, for
example, western Oregon and northern California and keep it on the
phone device.

Sometimes I go on a trip and realize I am in a new area with no data
loaded. With a GPSr, unless I hauled along a laptop, I am stuck and
have to live with base data. With a smartphone, I'd still be able to
access the data via WiFi while on the road. I don't plan on having a
data plan again (tried it for 1 month) because they are far too
expensive.

How about a web mapping site that did route planning (even if it's a
straight line between source and destination) and selected the tiles
touched by the route, then transferred only the tiles you don't have
cached to your phone?

Brian


Brian