slashgeo | Open Source Alternatives to Consumer Map Programs
Open Source Alternatives to Consumer Map Programs
posted by Satri on Monday March 20, @11:51AM
from the working-alternatives-on-the-roadside dept.
Ofer writes "Open source tends to be lacking in consumer map programs ala Microsoft Streets and Trips and Delorme's Street Atlas. There are several efforts to repair that situation. GMap, Roadster, and RoadNav are three examples. Using US Census public domain data, all three of these generate map information on the fly. GMap and Roadster have the advantage of collaboration; both will be using the same file format in the future. GMap has the advantage of a navigation mode and Roadster has the advantage of being more complete and currently faster. RoadNav is complete but slower than roadster."