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I'm particularly eager to see offline hi-res satellite imagery become available on a mobile device. I lead extended off-road desert driving trips [1] as a hob
by chrissnell 11y ago
I'm particularly eager to see offline hi-res satellite imagery become available on a mobile device. I lead extended off-road desert driving trips [1] as a hobby and navigation is the biggest challenge. I strive to avoid commonly used roads and trails and seek out old, disused mining roads and cattle paths whenever possible. I currently use offline USGS topo maps [2] which is a big help but satellite imagery is far better for evaluating the potential driveability of a route.
Please, Google--anybody--let us use or buy offline satellite imagery!
[1] https://www.flickr.com/photos/defender90/sets/72157654387670633 https://www.flickr.com/photos/defender90/sets/72157654387670...
[2] http://topomapsapp.com/ http://topomapsapp.com/
- maxerickson 11y agoYou can DIY it. There is an ecosystem of tools that can handle map tiles shoved into a sqlite database: http://mobac.sourceforge.net/ http://mobac.sourceforge.net/ So you just need to pick some of them and mess around getting it working. In the US, you can get reasonable imagery from the USGS: http://raster.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Orthoimagery/USGS_EROS_Ortho/ImageServer http://raster.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Orthoimag...