[NBLUG/talk] corrected link to City of SR tech surplus auctions & Linux Foundation competitor to Google Maps

[Derek B. Noonburg]

On Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:52:08 -0800
"Tom Most" <twm at freecog.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 16, 2022, at 1:11 PM, Derek B. Noonburg wrote:
> > From my point of view as an un-Googled Android phone user, the
> > biggest problem is lack of a decent mapping app.  The
> > OpenStreetMaps data is actually ok in my experience (not great, but
> > mostly good enough) -- but there's only one open source Android app
> > that I've found, and it's not so great.  
> 
> The app you're using is OsmAnd+? There is another one I like: Organic
> Maps. It's oriented toward pedestrian use, so there is a high and
> consistent level of detail. Like it shows *all* the street names, and
> house numbers (if in the OSM dataset).

Cool, thanks.  I just installed it, and I'll give it a try.

And following up on my own point:

> I ran into someone a while back who's pretty familiar with OSM, and he
> pointed out that they're set up to distribute datasets, not so much to
> be a real-time data provider for applications.  So one barrier is that
> any good mapping app will need some servers (could be AWS or whatever)
> to host the map data.  It's not clear where an open source mapping app
> will get the money for that.

Actually, both OsmAnd+ and Organic Maps pre-download all of the map
data to your phone -- there's no need for real-time data fetching at
all.  So scratch my point about that being a barrier.

- Derek