Viewing an an OpenStreetMap tile offline.

[p***@easthope.ca]

Hi, is anyone using Gosm or something similar to view OpenStreetMap
tiles offline?
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gosm

The instructions under "Downloading and running" yield
bash: ./gosm: No such file or directory

"Last Update: 2013-04-26" suggests an ia32 application?

Is there an alternative application?

Multiarch is needed in this 64 bit system?

Other ideas?

Thanks, ... P.

[Greg Wooledge]

Post by p***@easthope.ca
Hi, is anyone using Gosm or something similar to view OpenStreetMap
tiles offline?
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gosm
The instructions under "Downloading and running" yield
bash: ./gosm: No such file or directory
"Last Update: 2013-04-26" suggests an ia32 application?
Is there an alternative application?
Multiarch is needed in this 64 bit system?
Other ideas?

Start by running "file gosm".

If this is an i386 program, then yes. You'll want to enable i386
multi-arch support (there's a wiki page with basic steps), and then
install whatever i386 libraries are needed. "ldd" can help you figure
those out.

[Richard]

libglib2.0-0 2.20.1-1 libgtk2.0-0 2.14.7-5 libcairo2 1.8.6-2+b1 libcurl3
7.18.2-8.1 libpng12-0 1.2.27-2 libwebkit-1.0-1 1.0.1-4+b1 libbz2-1.0 1.0.5
java >=1.5 for PDF-Export

With such ancient dependencies, I wouldn't even try to run it as it seems
quite unlikely that the versions available in a current Debian repo will
still be able to run it. Or at least try to compile all those dependencies
from source. Doing that in a VM of a much older Debian version may be
easier as depending on how many dependencies you'd need to compile to even
get these, you may have at least some already available. And "Last Update:
2013-04-26" is an overstatement. Something may have changes back then, but
the files on Sourceforge haven't been touched since 2009. Under these
circumstances, I wouldn't even bother trying to get such ancient software
up and running. Not with so many alternatives listed in the OpenStreetMap
Wiki [2].

Best
Richard

[1]: https://github.com/sebkur/gosm
[2]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software/Desktop

Hi, is anyone using Gosm or something similar to view OpenStreetMap
tiles offline?
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gosm
The instructions under "Downloading and running" yield
bash: ./gosm: No such file or directory
"Last Update: 2013-04-26" suggests an ia32 application?
Is there an alternative application?
Multiarch is needed in this 64 bit system?
Other ideas?
Thanks, ... P.
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[p***@easthope.ca]

Greg, Richard and all,

From: Richard <***@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 23:02:52 +0200

I wouldn't even bother trying to get such ancient software up and
running.

Straightforward. Thanks.

[2]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software/Desktop

Extensive information. Overwhelming really.

Numerous features, with significance not evident to me. What is the
difference between "display" and "renderer"?

I need only a lightweight software to display a map tile on a Debian
laptop offline.

Editing, 3-D display, routing and other advanced features not
necessary.

Recommendations?

Thanks, ... P.

[d***@howorth.org.uk]

Post by p***@easthope.ca
Greg, Richard and all,
Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 23:02:52 +0200

I wouldn't even bother trying to get such ancient software up and
running.

Straightforward. Thanks.

[2]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software/Desktop

Extensive information. Overwhelming really.
Numerous features, with significance not evident to me. What is the
difference between "display" and "renderer"?
I need only a lightweight software to display a map tile on a Debian
laptop offline.
Editing, 3-D display, routing and other advanced features not
necessary.
Recommendations?
Thanks, ... P.

What kind of tile are you interested in? Have you looked at
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tiles ? Raster tiles seem to be
just .png files. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Rendering has a
lot of information about hw to render vector tiles. There's also
https://switch2osm.org/using-tiles/

[Charles Curley]

On 05 May 2024 11:52:32 -0700

Post by p***@easthope.ca
Hi, is anyone using Gosm or something similar to view OpenStreetMap
tiles offline?
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gosm

foxtrotgps is simple and easy to use.

navit is much more flexible but has a much steeper learning curve.

Both are in Debian repos. Both require gpsd.