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

[Milo van der Linden]

It might be the developers of younavigation.org might be interested in 
enhancing their product with this functionality. I will check. By the 
way, they also provide openstreetmap data prepared for garmin at: 
http://garmin.na1400.info/routable.php

Brian Wilson wrote:
>>> 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
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