Re: Goal for GNOME Mobile?

[Loïc Minier <lool dooz org>]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> what do you refer to on this? There are indeed nice GNOME apps for
> mapping from the openstreetmap project. The best example is Viking
> (http://viking.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page)

 It seems to be bitmap, but I'm not 100% sure; does it support working
 offline?  Driving directions?

 Might be a good base, didn't try it out yet.

> Also, mapper, from nokia for the N7/800 series, is a nice app for those
> mobile devices

 Yup, and I've been using maemo mapper for a while, and it's practical
 when you have online connectivity, but it's bitmap only for now, I
 don't think it can give driving directions, and it's not trivial to
 setup (the setup could scare people away).  Again, probably a good base
 to start a GNOME-ish version of the app which would just work, but not
 sure the bitmap-only support will ever change.


 Anyway, I didn't want to dive into the specifics, my points was rather
 that some type of specific app use cases could be added to GNOME Mobile
 when we have apps which are integrated enough within GNOME techs.

-- 
Loïc Minier