[Sugar-devel] [support-gang] Beta of Offline Haiti Maps

[Samuel Klein]

Nicholas,

That's great.  I'll try to test that on my upcoming bus trip...
copying the sugar devel list as well.  Tim, can you ask your
colleagues active in Haiti to test this as well?

SJ

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Nicholas Doiron
<ndoiron at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> The beta OfflineMaps activity lets users view and post on OpenStreetMap
> roadmaps of Haiti, without an internet connection.  Users can add their
> photos and text to markers on the map, and load some Google Earth files
> (KML).
> Only a few areas could be detailed. I tried to cover where I heard OLPC
> and Waveplace are planning to be: Port-au-Prince, Lagonav Island, Leogane,
> and Jacmel.
>
> Information and Screenshots
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Ndoiron/OfflineMap
> Download:
> http://haiti.latest.disaster-tool.appspot.com/OfflineMaps.xo
> Google Earth/KML file (Port-au-Prince hospitals, from MINUSTAH):
> http://haiti.latest.disaster-tool.appspot.com/Hospitals.kml
>
> There are maps for Jeremie, Gonaives, and Saint Marc too, but adding these
> freezes my XO (RAM issues?).
> Please let me know if you have feedback on the activity.  Can anyone help
> test that it syncs markers when you share the activity on 2 XOs?
>
> Regards,
> Nick Doiron
>
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