linux map application

[Roberto Alsina]

On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Jerry Kreps wrote:

> Thanks for the heads-up, Roberto!
> 
> So he solved his delima by buying the files... Neat!
> Off hand, do you know their URL?
> JLK

http://jhcloos.com/pub/mirror/US-map/

> 
> 
> On Friday 23 February 2001 06:47, Roberto Alsina wrote:
> > On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Jerry Kreps wrote:
> > > If I remember correctly, Bruce Perens was working on that last
> > > year, or the year before.  The problem was(/is?) that the map
> > > data files are not free.
> >
> > Actually, Perens bought the maps and made them free (all 2.6GB of
> > them). He just has not developed anything to use them, AFAIK.
> >
> > > JLK
> > >
> > > On Thursday 22 February 2001 09:02, Pupeno wrote:
> > > > Hello.
> > > > I was looking for a project and I found there's no digital maps
> > > > for linux, I mean, city maps, where you can see streets, where
> > > > the trafic go in that streets, where busses, metros, trains and
> > > > that kind of things go, etc, etc. Here, in Argentina, there's a
> > > > software like that for the main city, but for Windows. My idea
> > > > is to make an open source program to do that and that anyone
> > > > can meke it's own city database. I don't know if the databases
> > > > should be downloadeable or they should be on line or what.
> > > > I think this should be the work a lot of people, there should
> > > > be people know how to work with 2d maps, finding paths...
> > > > people know about data storage... I want to make it for KDE
> > > > (maybe some integration in the future). I have some knowledge
> > > > about kde and I'm learning as fast as I can...
> > > > I don't know if this project can be made... I think it's
> > > > posible, I created a mailing list in yahooegroups.com to
> > > > discuss the project, I don't even know what name it will have.
> > > > The address to suscribe is linuxmap-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
> > > > Thank you.
> > > > --
> > > > Pupeno: pupeno at pupeno.com.ar  www.pupeno.com.ar
> > > >
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 ("\''/").__..-''"`-. .         Roberto Alsina
 `9_ 9  )   `-. (    ).`-._.`)  ralsina at conectiva.com.ar
 (_Y_.)' ._   ) `._`.  " -.-'   Director técnico
  _..`-'_..-_/ /-'_.'           Conectiva SA
(l)-'' ((i).' ((!.'             Buenos Aires - Argentina
                                KDE Developer (MFCH)
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