[HH] cheap Android tablets/openstreetmap vs. commercial GPS products

[Jon Evans]

Almost all Android devices have a GPS receiver, although I haven't checked
the Microcenter tablet you refer to.

I have used OsmAnd on Android (uses OSM data among other sources) in the
past when I wanted to get features that Google Maps does not provide (easy
and controllable offline caching, and real topographic maps, for example).
 I found it to be quite adequate for off-road GPS use, but only marginally
acceptable at on-road routing (turn-by-turn navigation).

If your use case is mapping/surveying or offline navigation, I think it's
definitely worth checking out.  If you want a replacement for a
turn-by-turn navigation system, you might not be happy with the results.

Jon


On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Bill Bogstad <bogstad at pobox.com> wrote:

> I've been thinking about the convergence of android
> tablets/smartphones and the openstreet map project.  There appear to
> be a few apps for Android which make use of data from the openstreet
> map project.  I'm wondering if anybody has tried these out on their
> Android tablet/smartphone.
>
> In pursuit of this, I'm in the market for a cheap android tablet in
> the 5-7" screen size with builtin GPS receiver to use as a dedicated
> device for mapping   Probably any CPU/ram would do, but I would like a
> lot of flash (at least 8Gbytes) and/or an SD/microSD slot.   The
> recent posting about the cheap tablet at Microscenter was interesting,
> but it didn't seem like it included a GPS receiver.   Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Bogstad
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