smansw

First of all I just would like to mention I do not know too much about GPS related technology, so please do not answer in a very advanced way.

Basically, the easy kind of answer I am looking for, is what kind of words/abbreviations/features should I be looking for, when I read the technical specification of a mobile phone that I consider to buy ?
Also, specific recommendations of mobile phone models is also of interest.

Here is what I would like to do:
I would like to be able to download free maps from the internet (e.g. maybe from the site OpenStreetMap ) and then "insert" these maps into a mobile phone.
So, exactly what kind of supported mobile phone features do I need to be able to do that ?

I mean, for example, do I need things such as "Symbian OS version ?" and/or "Java MIDP version ?" and/or "USB version ?" and/or do I need a mobile phone with support for 3G, UMTS, HSDPA, Bluetooth, EDGE, GPRS, MMS, WAP, ... ?

/ Tom

GCP

In these days, almost any smartphone has Google maps application so you do not need to download open street maps. I would consider buying Android phone because it allows to save the google maps for offline use.

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diviramana

Hi i would like to know how to get the distance or measure value in addition to x,y,z using Trimble yuma tablet while conducting pipeline survey for each pipeinflux points considering the start point as set point and distance or measure should be cummulative.

-divi