TomTom on Openmoko?

[Sebastian Hammerl]

Joseph Reeves schrieb:
> Navigation and OSM data submittal?
>
> What's wrong with tangogps? Sounds like it already does what you ask for:
>
>   
it is NOT a navigation software and it will take long time to get it
really stable. tomtom is really good software and the maps are really
better.
> http://www.tangogps.org/
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> Joseph
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> On 27/03/2008, ramsesoriginal <ramsesoriginal at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> I am of the idea that a navigation system would be THE killer-app for
>>  the openmoko, and I personally know many persons that would also pay
>>  extra money to have a navigator on a phone. We have various
>>  possibilities: we could try to make some sort of deal with TomTom,
>>  write our own system based on OSM (and btw we could let the openmokos
>>  submit data to osm at the same time to increase accuracy), or (and
>>  that's my favorite) we could try to make something based on google
>>  maps/earth. The whole engime is already there[1], as are also the
>>  maps. Just make some changes to add gps capabilities, and it's great!
>>
>>  2008/3/27 Marcin Juszkiewicz <openembedded at haerwu.biz>:
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>>     
>>> Dnia Thursday 27 of March 2008, Christ van Willegen napisa?:
>>>       
>>  >
>>  > > Hi,
>>  >  >
>>  >  > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Sebastian Hammerl
>>  >  >
>>  >  > <sebastian at music-starvation.de> wrote:
>>  >  > >  as far as i know on the TomTom go devices is running Linux. So would
>>  >  > > it be possible to rip out the TomTom applikation and get it to work
>>  >  > > on Openmoko phone? It would be a great GPS application.
>>  >  >
>>  >  > Why not use tangoGPS and OpenStreetMap maps?
>>  >
>>  >  Because OSM maps suxx? Lack details, lack streets, lack too many things to
>>  >  be usable?
>>  >
>>  >  OSM is nice idea but it is only idea. It will never replace commercial
>>  >  maps.
>>  >
>>  >
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