[OSGeo-Discuss] Comparison of Mobile GIS applications

[Bob Basques]

Chris, 

Thanks for the info.   I kinda figured the Meego thing was stalling on my own.  A couple of manufacturers I've seen so far, but no big numbers yet. 

I did send in some notes for the Mobile sprint a couple of weeks ago., never heard any comments though, so don't know where they went. 

I think my real question for the long term, is do I stick with Linux and bend it to my will  :c) , or go Andriod and/or Mac OS. 

bobb 


>>> Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt at crschmidt.net> wrote:


On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 08:56:14AM -0600, Bob Basques wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Just resurrecting this thread.  It's been 6 months.  I've done a couple of little projects with the N900 which are detailed here: http://pwultra5.ci.stpaul.mn.us/OPERA/
>
> Question to Chris S., do you have any other insights into the directions that
> the N900 device (or others like it) might be taking in the future (that you
> can mention? :c) 

The N900 platform is dead. MeeGo will continue to exist as an open source
development platform, but you're not going to see it on any mass-produced
phones in the near future, based on public statements from Nokia. (I'd
expect numbers similar to the N900; you may see them, but it'll be a toy,
not a commonplace.)

> I'm setting up some netbooks next for the two projects
> listed above, using essentially the same software stack as used for the N900,
> which it is somewhat amazing when you think about it.

Maemo and MeeGo are definitely interesting platforms, though I don't know if
they're more exciting than other Netbook distros, since I haven't used many
of them.

> I would still like to revisit the Mobile controls issues for OpenLayers and
> GeoMoose at some point, but focusing on flexibility with software stack at
> the moment.

There's an OpenLayers sprint for Mobile taking place next week in Lausanne.
If you have things you've thought of, you should share them on the mailing
lists to help support the effort.

-- Chris

>
> Thanks
>
> bobb
>
>
>
>
> >>> Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt at crschmidt.net> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 03:25:45PM -0500, Bob Basques wrote:
> > Milo,
> >
> > You mentioned MEEGO in your post, I just ordered a N900 to do some testing for GIS related stuff on the N900.  What types of functionalities are you focusing your efforts on for MEEGO?
>
> Note that the current development platform for the N900 (and likely
> for the next 6 months at least) is still Maemo. The two platforms
> will likely not differ greatly; a lot of the UI functionality is already
> SDK-level in Maemo, and apps themselves likely won't change much
> other than packaging. In either case, it's mostly just a Very Small
> Linux Box.
>
> -- Chris, proud owner of an N900
>
> > bobb
> >
> >
> >
> > >>> miblon <moblin at dogodigi.net> wrote:
> >
> > I have been using navit and osm2go on moblin. There is a debian build
> > for osm2go which is targeted at maemo, I managed to get it up on moblin
> > and will try to get it running on meego.
> >
> > If you are interested in me filling the blanks for these 2 apps on your
> > feature list, let me know.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Milo van der Linden
> >
> > Miguel Montesinos wrote:
> > > Hello to all,
> > >
> > > I'm preparing a presentation for the FOSS4G, with title "Comparison of
> > > Mobile GIS applications". I know some, but I think that the best way to
> > > make an objective analysis is to offer the chance for anyone to
> > > collaborate, in order to define common feature lists as well as
> > > perfomance or usability check lists.
> > >
> > > Is anyone developing or using a mobile geospatial application
> > > interested?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------
> > > Miguel Montesinos
> > > CTO
> > > PRODEVELOP, S.L.
> > > mmontesinos [at] prodevelop [dot] es
> > > www.prodevelop.es
> > >
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