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>>the fact you didn't know about the existing private open source offline mapping solution also rang an alarm in me why? that's a bit of an overreaction from y

by dwa3592 3mo ago

>>the fact you didn't know about the existing private open source offline mapping solution also rang an alarm in me why? that's a bit of an overreaction from your alarm bells honestly. i didn't know about organic maps because i never looked up for this solution and never came across this specific app in my readings. what i am working on (and want to figure out) has less to do with commercial angle of privacy (which organic maps solve) and more to do with navigating without relying on any external signal. i truly think we should be able to navigate earth (land/sea/air/subs) without any external human controlled signal (GPS/Internet/radio etc); that in my mind is true offline navigation. but you can argue that organic maps is also an offline navigation app and i think for an everyday user that's true. your comments are helpful. thanks for being so thorough with your thought process. i am trying to write on https://trulytyped.com/user/4f448758/deepan-wadhwa https://trulytyped.com/user/4f448758/deepan-wadhwa - but i have not written anything technical yet and there is no RSS button there yet. let me add it today haha. thank you.

jraph 3mo ago
>> the fact you didn't know about the existing private open source offline mapping solution also rang an alarm in me > why? that's a bit of an overreaction from your alarm bells honestly. Maybe. Let me explain myself. In a former life, I worked in academia and you kinda triggered my research mode (which is, believe it or not, quite positive for you). There, your work is easily more solid and convincing if you reaserched a bit the state of the art. By working on an alternative to GPS navigation, in such a setting, I would expect you to know the field well. Now, I understand that you didn't particularly look into apps pretty much focused on GPS positioning since they are not supposed to do what you want, and I'm aware that you aren't doing academic research nor pretending to. > let me add it today haha. thank you. No pressure, I'll try to think of coming back to check once in a while. Thank you as well.

by dwa3592 3mo ago

jraph 3mo ago

>> the fact you didn't know about the existing private open source offline mapping solution also rang an alarm in me > why? that's a bit of an overreaction from your alarm bells honestly. Maybe. Let me explain myself. In a former life, I worked in academia and you kinda triggered my research mode (which is, believe it or not, quite positive for you). There, your work is easily more solid and convincing if you reaserched a bit the state of the art. By working on an alternative to GPS navigation, in such a setting, I would expect you to know the field well. Now, I understand that you didn't particularly look into apps pretty much focused on GPS positioning since they are not supposed to do what you want, and I'm aware that you aren't doing academic research nor pretending to. > let me add it today haha. thank you. No pressure, I'll try to think of coming back to check once in a while. Thank you as well.