Data Source idea

[Wyldfire]

Ok... preface.

I am not a coder. I'm barely code-literate. However, I wonder if it would be possible to implement a different data source and make it easier to create larger, more useful maps. To that end, here are a few open source map projects I've found. They all seem to be using TIGER data, so the datasets are free, and it seems that a vector-based approach would increase the amount of territory coverable, maybe even allowing countrywide coverage, given a large enough memory stick. Would any of this help? Has it already been discussed? Just curious.

Thanks

RoadNav
http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/index.php

Roadster
http://cairographics.org/roadster/

Gmap
http://gmap.sourceforge.net/

[simns_69]

Deniska is already working on this. He has had some success.

Follow the link below to see
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=73230&page=2

[Wyldfire]

simns_69:

Agreed. Perhaps, since the above projects are all open source, being able to see/utilize their code may assist deniska in implementing vector format maps more easily. Thanks for the info.