[pkg-fso-maint] tangogps and openstreetmap

[Steffen Moeller]

Joachim Breitner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Am Sonntag, den 01.03.2009, 20:36 +0100 schrieb Steffen Moeller:
>> I read through http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/TangoGPS#Debian and felt that it was not
>> completely right. Is the activation of the device truly necessary? Rather not, it seems,
>> at least not for me.
> 
> Yes, it should work without activation.

changed in the openmoko wiki page.

> 
>> The directory /root/Maps seems to find some consensus between Qtopia and Debian concerning
>> the location of OpenStreetMap data that was downloaded for offline reuse. I'd prefer to
>> use /var/cache/osm, instead. Would that sound reasonable to you as well? Or is there a
>> better location?
> 
> Downloaded maps are user data, thus should be below ~ (i.e. /root while
> running as root, /home/someone while running as a normal user).
> 
> That said, it should probably be in ~/.tangoGPS, to follow unix
> convention.

I don't think so. This is public and mostly invariant data. With multiple individuals one
could possibly learn about someone's preference in locations, but otherwise this should be
shared - between users and applications.

[...]

>> When tracking for OpenStreetMap (while playing Mokomaze), how can I reasonably
>> user-friendly prevent the freephone to go to sleep (darken the screen)?
> 
> It should be done by mokomaze in a system-agnostic way. The most general
> solution to that seems to be xdg-screensaver with the "suspend WindowID"
> and "resume WindowID" options.
> 
> Then Debian should provide a extended version of xdg-screensaver that
> claims the Display resource from the frameworkd.
> 
> See this thread:
> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/smartphones-userland/2009-February/001183.html
> 

So, we ran into the same problem :) Thank you for the pointer.

It is beyond what I could possibly address in any need future.

Steffen