Description:
OpenMobileMaps is similar to GoogleMaps but it's relying on OpenStreetMap.org.
It's finger friendly and showing the map on fullscreen. GPS support and GSM triangulation (if no GPS device is present) is built in.
The downloaded map tiles are stored on your phone/storage and only new ones are downloaded.
Requirements:
- Windows Mobile 5+ Professional.
- .NET CF v3.5.
Recommendations:
- GPS (built-in or external).
- Internet Connection.
The software works well even if you don't meet the recommendations. You can still download the map tiles with your pc and transfer it to your smartphone.
For this scenario I recommend JTileDownloader.
Features:
- Showing map in fullscreen.
- Finger friendly user interface.
- Map tiles are automatically downloaded if internet connection is available.
- Map tiles are stored locally for offline use.
- GPS support and GSM triangulation.
- Show actual position on map.
- Follow-mode to automatically scroll the map.
- Search addresses.
- Calculate routes.
- GPS and GSM tracking (not yet implemented).
- Choose between different OSM servers (not yet implemented).
If you like this project, please consider donate to the developer.
Update Description:
v1.5.4067.39959:
- Just a few bugfixes to prevent instabilities on certain phones.
v1.5.4053.7488:
New features:
- Button to force re-download of actually viewed tiles.
- Word wrapping for GraphicText.
- Show arrow with direction when moving instead of pin.
- Added HD2 multitouch feature (pinch-to-zoom).
- Bookmark functionality.
- Re-designed the context menu.
- Added reverse geocoding.
- Implement optional 2x map zoom.
- Re-worked settings screen to fit more items on smaller screens.
- Added copy&paste to textboxes.
- Added "clear search results" to context menu.
- Draw straight flight route from A to B.
Fixed issues:
- Corrected version check routines with proper translations.
- Prevent creating folders for tiles when downloads are disabled.
- Correct button alignments on some windows.
- Prevent backlight dimming while OMM is in foreground.
- Deleting downloaded cab on first start.
v1.4.3816.9028 (Hotfix 2):
- WebServices updated to match the new OpenMobileMaps website. Due to porting the official OMM homepage from Perl to ASP.NET, I had to update the feedback messaging system and updating functionality.
v1.4.3811.31921 (Hotfix):
- bug fixed in registration form: some email addresses were rejected as being invalid.
v1.4.3802.40868:
- Many many bugs fixed (like ommconfig.xml and maps.xml problems...).- Download speed improved.- Multi-language support (new languages can be downloaded from server).- Software is able to use different map providers.- Registration for users who have donated introduced. This will grant you full features of OpenMobileMaps.
IMPORTANT: everyone who already has donated, please register (About->Register) your copy of OpenMobileMaps!
- Zoom level is displayed inside of drag button.
- New icon for windows mobile 6.5 phones.
- World-wide route calculation possible.
v1.3.3745.22382:
- Bug fixed: trying to download tiles beyond 2^zoom-1.
- Scale added.
- Zooming in and out with softkeys possible (if your phone has those).
- "Follow Me" and "Where Am I?" feature changed into a button with push-pin. The button appears, when you tap or move the map. This automatically turns off "Follow Me" mode. To turn it on just tap on the button with the red push-pin.
- Context menu and Main Menu reorganized (removed/replaced entries).
- Support for other map sources. GUI added to select different map sources. The maps are save in osmcache/maps.xml.
- Yellow Pins for search results added.
- Address Search changed to use OSM Nominatim first -> see http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org. ORS address search is only used as a fallback. Nominatim supports address search for the whole planet (not only europe)!
- Bug fixed: negative coordinates were interpreted wrong.
- Bug fixed: search pins are now behind other controls.
- Info reduced. GPS and GSM info is shown when tapped on the red push-pin.
- Gps device/service/fix state is visible in the bottom left corner. Red boxes mean: gps device is on but service is not yet ready. Orange boxes mean: gps device/service on but NO FIX. Number of green boxes shows the signal quality on FIX.
- Bug fixed: map tiles weren't updated when using cursor buttons.
- Size of initial download information reduced.
- Size of About window reduced.
- Maps.xml creation after install optimized (should not make problems anymore).
- The gray box to open the main menu got a "MENU" label to make it easier to find for novice users.