02-08-2022, 09:18 AM
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(02-07-2022, 09:46 PM)gab Wrote: Thanks for the info! I do not follow the sxmo mailing list but I sometimes check this forum.I've heard of OsmAnd - though its rather tied into the Java/Android world afaik. Mepo is basically a brand new OSM viewer from scratch for linux and written in Zig (similar to C) and uses SDL (thus targeting good compat/portability across environments). Mepo is also likely a bit more 'open' in a way then OsmAnd as for POIs, routing, bookmarks etc. it features user-modifiable shell-scripts. Similar to OsmAnd it does an offline-mode. Do take a look and test!
I use Mobian on my PP which I daily drive and a good offline navigation software is what I miss the most on my PP so I am very happy to read about your project
I switched to the PP when my previous Android phone died, I was using OsmAnd~ (from FDroid) on it.
Do you now about OsmAnd ? It is the best offline navigation software that I know of. It is truly amazing. It is for the major part open-source but there is no Linux build, and it seems quite tied to Android/iOS with regard to the user interface.
There are days when I am tempted to attempt porting OsmAnd to Linux, but that seems a big task. Also there is the risk of the upstream breaking everything if we have to use private APIs. (There was an attempt of a Linux port in the past, named OffRoad, but it did not remain active for long, maybe because the user base was too small).
I would also like to try to get OsmAnd working on the PP using Waydroid.
Still, OsmAnd is not perfect because there is no native Linux build
I will definitely have a look at your project when I have time, and maybe help were I can. I will test, for sure.
(02-07-2022, 09:46 PM)bcnaz Wrote: Will this be available in the Mobian GUI software store ? .... (eventually ?)
Eventually yes it should be - hoping someone with debian packaging experience might step in - but if not I might take a stab myself too; I'm the package maintainer as well on the postmarketOS side. This month I'm working on Phosh compatibility for the next release; so from a UI perspective it should work well there after next release. Also i plan on adding an app icon etc. so once installed it'll just show up in the Phosh app drawer. Currently, there's desktop (X/Wayland) & Sxmo compat; master branch could already somewhat work with Mobian/Phosh (albeit in the interim you'd have to build from source currently).
