ANNOUNCE: osm-gps-map 0.2
[Posted February 2, 2009 by cook]
| From: |
| John Stowers <john.stowers-AT-gmail.com> |
| To: |
| gnome-announce-list-AT-gnome.org |
| Subject: |
| ANNOUNCE: osm-gps-map 0.2 |
| Date: |
| Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:37:13 +1300 |
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| <7e40b04b0901290137vc205c09i23b43bb68bb98927@mail.gmail.com> |
Hi Everyone,
I am pleased to announce version 0.2 of osm-gps-map, a library, and python
bindings for displaying raster map data from a variety of different sources.
Where to Get It
============
Homepage:
http://nzjrs.github.com/osm-gps-map/
Tarball:
http://github.com/nzjrs/osm-gps-map/tarball/0.2
What Is It
============
osm-gps-map is a Gtk+ widget (and Python bindings) that when given GPS
co-ordinates, draws a GPS track, and points of interest on a moving map
display. It Currently supports a number of different mapping sources;
* openstreetmap (default)
* openaerialmap
* maps-for-free
* satellite maps from a number of proprietary providers
It also has the following features;
* Intelligent caching of maps, including the ability to request a
specific area of the map to be cached ahead of time
* Recording of points of interest on the map (and the ability to add
arbitary pixmaps at those points
* Automatically draws a GPS track (a line showing the history of past
added points)
* Automatic centering on new GPS points
* Support for multiple other tracks of co-ordinate points
* Adjustable Zoom
* Includes a comprehensive example
* Simple, flat API
John Stowers
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