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Non-Road Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: CapeCodder on September 20, 2018, 06:24:23 PM

Title: Open Source Roadmap software?
Post by: CapeCodder on September 20, 2018, 06:24:23 PM
Are there any open source mapping programs out there? Not looking for GIS, but something like Streets and Trips.
Title: Re: Open Source Roadmap software?
Post by: empirestate on September 20, 2018, 06:57:55 PM
You mean Open Street Map, but offline?
Title: Re: Open Source Roadmap software?
Post by: CapeCodder on September 20, 2018, 07:11:43 PM
Quote from: empirestate on September 20, 2018, 06:57:55 PM
You mean Open Street Map, but offline?

Yes. Something like that.
Title: Re: Open Source Roadmap software?
Post by: Scott5114 on September 21, 2018, 02:59:10 AM
KDE's Marble (https://marble.kde.org/) seems like what you're looking for. I think it still downloads data (e.g. OSM) over the Internet. I'm not sure if there's anything that doesn't these days; it's simply more efficient to download data from a server as it's needed that to push out massive data updates.
Title: Re: Open Source Roadmap software?
Post by: CapeCodder on September 21, 2018, 05:15:02 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on September 21, 2018, 02:59:10 AM
KDE's Marble (https://marble.kde.org/) seems like what you're looking for. I think it still downloads data (e.g. OSM) over the Internet. I'm not sure if there's anything that doesn't these days; it's simply more efficient to download data from a server as it's needed that to push out massive data updates.

I poorly worded that question. Marble looks awesome. Am installing it now.
Title: Re: Open Source Roadmap software?
Post by: bandit957 on September 21, 2018, 12:35:51 PM
I downloaded Marble. It's not capable of doing anything except crash.
Title: Re: Open Source Roadmap software?
Post by: CapeCodder on September 21, 2018, 05:01:53 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on September 21, 2018, 12:35:51 PM
I downloaded Marble. It's not capable of doing anything except crash.

Just noticed it crashes frequently.