On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:18:16 -0500, Yaakov Nemoy wrote: [...] > Let's begin with an apology, shall we? Sorry for cross posting, but this > does concern people on multiple mailing lists. > > I would like to announce the formation of a Fedora Geo Spin with tools > for integration into Open Street Map. For more information, please see > the following link: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ynemoy/Fedora_Geo_Spin [....] Can people without linux-savvy, cartography-savvy, nor electronics-savvy use OSM at all?? Will this spin, perhaps, enable the likes of us to use it in the same way we use Garmin, Delorme, and MapTech products under XP? If so, is there a really elementary introduction to OSM somewhere? Background : I've been looking for ten years for linux-native GPS/ map software user-friendly enough for me to use for hiking and hunting -- completely in vain, chiefly because my interest is topo maps, not road maps. So when I first heard of OSM, I disregarded it because of the name. Knowing of your project, I've skimmed through the lists carried on Gmane, and discovered, although 99 44/100% of what I see is over my head, that it does include some topographic stuff (I can't yet really tell what.) I am not sanguine that it may be user-friendly enough for the likes of me, nor become so in what is left of my time; but hope springs eternal .... -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Evangelist Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
