▲ 376 ▼ CoMaps: The Offline App That Guided Rescuers Without a Signal in the Venezuela Response (hotosm.org) submitted 1 day ago* by inari@piefed.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 25 points 17 hours ago (2 children) How does an offline app get traffic data permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 14 hours ago It could download time based averages alongside the map date, not perfect but decent most of the time. Really though this is an OSM wrapper so it would likely need to be integrated there permalink fedilink source parent [–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 point 11 hours ago (1 child) To be honest, even a static DB of recorded road speed using time of day, day of week, time of year, averages, would be a lot better than nothing. It would mean it knows you can't really go 60 down a bendy, narrow, stone wall lined, single lane, country road. Not and live anyway. So it would stop trying to use them all the time. But hey, if there is internet, why not query it for the latest? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 3 points 8 hours ago I don't think you should be using satnav to determine if you can power around a blind bend. That's a quick way to the grave permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 14 hours ago It could download time based averages alongside the map date, not perfect but decent most of the time. Really though this is an OSM wrapper so it would likely need to be integrated there permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 point 11 hours ago (1 child) To be honest, even a static DB of recorded road speed using time of day, day of week, time of year, averages, would be a lot better than nothing. It would mean it knows you can't really go 60 down a bendy, narrow, stone wall lined, single lane, country road. Not and live anyway. So it would stop trying to use them all the time. But hey, if there is internet, why not query it for the latest? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 3 points 8 hours ago I don't think you should be using satnav to determine if you can power around a blind bend. That's a quick way to the grave permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 3 points 8 hours ago I don't think you should be using satnav to determine if you can power around a blind bend. That's a quick way to the grave permalink fedilink source parent