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On 30 September 2014 16:12:31 CEST, Alec Ten Harmsel <alec@××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>On 09/30/2014 10:05 AM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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>> Suppose the GPS would already be attached |
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>> to the board and works... |
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>> Is there any free available software and data for |
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>> strict offline useage (which does NOT calls |
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>> to home), which is able to map GPS data to a street/land |
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>> map? |
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>> I need both: The maps themselves and the logic to read |
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>> GPS coordinates and map movements and ways to those maps. |
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>> Is something like that available for free or should |
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>> I directly ask the NSA/CIA/FBI/...? |
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>> Thank you very much in advance for any help! |
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>> Best regards, |
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>> mcc |
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>The only project I know of that has openly available map data is |
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>OpenStreetMap (openstreetmap.org). I know they have an API, and they |
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>probably (not sure) have maps available for download. |
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>afaik the only way to combine various map data out of the box is to use |
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>a GIS package like QGIS. You can write software to do this using the |
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>proj4 library for an embedded box, not sure if anything for your |
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>specific use case already exists and is open source. |
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>Alec |
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Openstreetmap is a good bet. |
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You might also have some luck if you look into PostGIS. |
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It is an extension to postgresql, which might be overkill, but you might be able to use that in yiur Google searches. |
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If borders would be nice and straight, it would be easy. Unfortunately they are not. |
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Joost |
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