[gps-talkusers] Re: size of maps
- From: Mike Arrigo <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 18:36:39 -0500
It's great that sendero is looking at a full GPS solution. I can provide my
opinion on this, I'm sure at least some other users may feel the same. I don't
think most people would be willing to spend hundreds of dollars for a GPS
system on these platforms, especially when most of the functionality can be
gotten at a fairly low cost on the Iphone, and almost free on Android. The most
I might be willing to pay would probably be around $100, and it would have to
offer something I didn't already have. On both platforms, I can get good
directions and tell where I am, both address and cross street. Automatic
announcements might be nice as well as knowing if the cross street is on both
sides. For me at least, these are luxuries though, not requirements. I don't
use any virtual features, though I know that is important to some people. It's
good that Sendero is looking at other platforms though, I do think the days of
the blind notetakers and windows mobile are numbered. There's no reason to get
a note taker these days when you can get a laptop that does more and costs
less, and Windows Mobile on cell phones is pretty much dead.
On Jun 3, 2011, at 4:56 PM, Charles LaPierre wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> Yes Sendero just released our first Android app the Lookaround for Android.
> We are still looking into a full fledged GPS solution on both the iPhone and
> Android but we have yet to figure out an appropriate cost model for the
> small market segment.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Charles LaPierre, CTO
> Sendero Group LLC
> http://www.SenderoGroup.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Noseworthy
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 2:46 PM
> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: size of maps
>
> Hey Charles:
>
> Is android getting any attention?
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles LaPierre" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 6:42 PM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: size of maps
>
>
>> Hello Mike,
>>
>> Sendero uses the RichMap engine by deCarta which at the time over 10 years
>> ago was the most compressed format in the industry, but times have changed
>> and the original deCarta RichMap engine is no longer the most compressed
>> format out there. Now if we were to use some other engine that would
>> require probably 1 man year to port over to the new improved format which
>> would be a highly compressed format but at what trade off? Who is to say
>> all current functionality would be in this new format. Also in doing this
>> we would have to charge users more since licensing a newer engine would
>> undoubtedly cost more than our current contract and we would have to pass
>> that cost to you. Not to mention all you would get is a more compressed
>> map
>> file format, you may loose functionality, it may cost more, and you would
>> not get any new features since all my time would be to convert over to a
>> new
>> format. Then there is no guaranty it would run under all the OS's we
>> currently run on (ie. they may not have a WinCE version so then all
>> BrailleNote / HIMS Sense products would loose out.
>>
>> So this is why we haven't switch to another map database format.
>>
>> Hope this clears up this issue.
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Charles LaPierre, CTO
>> Sendero Group LLC
>> http://www.SenderoGroup.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
>> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 2:26 PM
>> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] size of maps
>>
>> Hey everyone, I guess this would mainly go to the sendero developers.
>> It ays that the size of the entire United States is around 13 GB in
>> size, yet the TomTom and Navigon apps for the Iphone only take about
>> 1.6 GB for the size, this includes the entire United States. In
>> particular, the TomTom app uses the Teleatlas, or I guess it's now the
>> TomTOm maps, unless the sendero maps include more detail, but thought I
>> would ask.
>>
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