Mapper Features
Mapper is a geographical mapping tool, that can be used to view maps, displaying your position with a GPS device, handle POIs, use OpenStreetMap data for geo information and collect GPX tracks, that can be used for data gathering for OpenStreetMap.
Display map with your location using GPS
- Using OpenStreetMap Mapnik or Tiles@Home map tiles (+other tile servers)
OpenStreetMap data
- Display current location information (Street and place)
- Searching for: Places, Streets and POIs
- POI information dialog with name and optional description, postal code and url
- Importer to convert planet XML file to sqlite3 database
- Reads bzip2 compressed 0.6 API planet XML files
- Import directly from Mapper GUI or using CLI osm2db program
Mapping helpers
- Dedicated Quick POI tab with large, thumb friendly buttons.
- Simple Audio note recording, nice with JOSM audio support
- Track notes display tab
- Quick POI add interface (Hard coded list for now)
- Simple Track point filter (by HDOP, VDOP and angle)
- Open and Save GPX tracks
Getting to your destination and back home
- Home bookmark
- Destination point
- Setting destination to Place, Street or POI
- Downloading turn-by-turn routes from Cloudmade routing service
- With spoken directions
- Display rough estimate of distance to destination
- Periodic distance to destination announcement
- Load pre-generated GPX routes
- Route way point list with directions
Navigation helpers
- Bearing to destination in heading compass
- Bearing to next way point in heading compass
- Distance to destination
- Destination icon on map
