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This page will aim to collect any useful information about using a Windows mobile phone or PDA for OpenStreetMap purposes. (Not to be confused with the more current Windows Phone system.)
General
| Name | APRSISCE/32 | ArcGIS Editor for OSM | BT747 | cachebox | CartoType | Find & Route | GLObal PositioningUtilitieS | Gosmore | GPS Tuner | GPS-Mate | GpsCycleComputer | gpsVP | MoNa | MoNav | NAVeGIS | Navikey SevenWays | NaviPOWM | Navitel | Noni GPSPlot for Windows Mobile | OpenCityMap | OziExplorer | PathAway GPS | RoadMap | SikaSimplex | VataviaMap | СитиГИД |
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| Website | Website | Website | Website, Google Play | Website | Website | Website | Website | Website | Website | Website | Website | Website | Website | Website | Website | Website | Website, Google Play, iTunes App Store | Website | Website | Website | Website | Website | Website | Website | Website, Google Play, iTunes App Store | |
| Genre | Display, Logger, Tracker | Display, Editor, Analyse | Logger | Display, Navi, Logger | Display, Navi, Router, Renderer, Library | Navi, Logger, Router | Navi, Logger, Router | Navi | Navi, Logger, Router | Navi, Logger, Router | Display, Logger, Analyse | Navi | Display, Navi, Router | Display, Router, Navi | Navi | Display, Logger, Tracker | Navi, Logger, Router | Navi | Navi, Logger, Analyse | Logger, Display | ?
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Display, Navi, Logger | Display, Router | Logger | Display | Display, Navi, Router, Logger |
| Description | Feature rich Amateur Radio Automatic Packet Reporting System client that uses OSM tiles as the base map. | Allows users to download, edit, and upload OSM data in ArcMap, and/or create feature services based on OSM data in ArcGIS Server. | MTK GPS chip sets only!. | Geocaching centered. | portable library. | Fast rendering, no install; easy to use. | ?
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Google Earth like 3D Navi with DEM. | ?
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sports, simple tracking. | ?
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MoNa ist eine unter JavaME entwickelte Ortungs- und Navigationslösung, welche sich die freien Daten des OpenStreetMap-Projektes zu nutzen macht. | Contraction Hierarchies routing, custom speed profiles, extremely fast and resource conservative routing, can handle huge graphs like Europe on mobile devices. Only source code available for download - has to be compiled by yourself!. |
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Feature rich Offline map routing and navigating software. SevenWays is the best offline route from point A to point B. | ?
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Popular in Russia. | ?
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Featurerich. | Deals with a lot of geo datums. | ?
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Log Roads directly to OSM. | Display for several map sources like OSM, Yahoo and others ... Desktop version requires .NET-Framework 2.0 or newer, tested with MONO-framework under Linux and MacOS. | CityGuide car navigator. |
| Supported platforms | Windows, Windows Mobile | Windows, Windows Mobile | Java ME, Linux, MacOS, Palm OS, Windows, Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile | Android, Linux, MacOS, Unix, Windows, Windows Mobile, iOS, wasm | Windows Mobile, falk, lowrance | Windows Mobile | Android, Linux, Maemo, Unix, Windows, Windows CE, Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile, iOS | Android, Windows, Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile | Windows, Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile | Linux, Maemo, Symbian, Windows, Windows Mobile | Windows CE, Windows Mobile | Windows, Windows Mobile | Windows, Windows Mobile | Android, Bada OS, Symbian, Windows CE, Windows Mobile, iOS | Windows Mobile | Linux, Windows Mobile | Windows, Windows Mobile, magellan, medion, mio, navman, tomtom | Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile | Linux, Windows, Windows Mobile | Java ME, Windows Mobile | Linux, MacOS, Windows, Windows Mobile | Android, Symbian, Windows, Windows CE, Windows Mobile, iOS |
| Release date | 2012-08-29 | 2022-05-05 | 2010-08-13 | 2010-08-22(⚠️ Unmaintained) | 2024-05-28 | 2012-03-08 | 2009-10-06 | 2011-11-22(⚠️ Unmaintained) | 2012-05-31 | 2014-09-15 | 2013-12-05 | 2012-02-05(⚠️ Unmaintained) | 2010-07-13 | 2011-04-23 | 2020-06-28 | ?
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2011-07-05(⚠️ Unmaintained) | 2017-07-17 | 2011-11-11 | 2008-06-01(⚠️ Unmaintained) | 2010-05-05 | 2009-10-01 | 2009-02-02 | 2009-09-08 | 2011-03-22(⚠️ Unmaintained) | 2023-11-24 |
| Languages | English | English | Deutsch, English | English | English | Deutsch | Deutsch | Deutsch, English | English | Deutsch, English | English | Multilingual | Deutsch | English | Deutsch, Ελληνικά, English, Español, Français, Italiano | English, Русский | English | English, Русский | English | English | English | Deutsch, English | English | English | English | Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Polski, Русский, Українська |
| Author | Lynn Deffenbaugh KJ4ERJ | Esri | Dirk Haase, Mario De Weerd, Thomas Mohme | Hannes Winkelmann | Graham Asher | FootMap GmbH | ?
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Nic Roets | GPS Tuner Kft | Ing. Büro L.Oestreicher | ?
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Vsevolod Shorin | Timo M. (mlrtimbf "at" gmx.de) Daniel B. (daniel-lev "at" gmx.de) |
Christian Vetter | EDC Greece | ?
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J.Bugariu | Navitel | Anthony Eguerre | De Nayer Institute | Des Newman | ?
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Paul Fox | Antti Järvinen | ?
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free of charge | 15 days trial |
| License | proprietary | Apache License 2.0 | GPL | GPL | proprietary | proprietary | proprietary | BSD | proprietary | proprietary | bsd | BSD | GPL | GPL | GPLv3 | nonfreeproprietary | GPL | proprietary | Freeware (donors get extra features) |
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This table was generated by the OSM Apps Catalog at 2025-02-04.
Map display
| Name | APRSISCE/32 | ArcGIS Editor for OSM | BT747 | cachebox | CartoType | Find & Route | GLObal PositioningUtilitieS | Gosmore | GPS Tuner | GPS-Mate | GpsCycleComputer | gpsVP | MoNa | MoNav | NAVeGIS | Navikey SevenWays | NaviPOWM | Navitel | Noni GPSPlot for Windows Mobile | OpenCityMap | OziExplorer | PathAway GPS | RoadMap | VataviaMap | СитиГИД |
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| Display map | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Map data | Raster | Vector | Raster | Raster | Vector, Raster | Vector | Raster, Vector | Vector | Raster, Vector | Raster | Raster | Vector, Raster | Raster, Vector | Raster | Vector | Raster | Vector | Vector | Raster | Raster, Vector | Raster, Vector | Raster, Vector | Vector | Raster | Vector |
| Source | Online, Cache, Offline | Online, Cache, Offline | ?
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| Rotate map | no | no | ?
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| 3D view | no | no | no | no | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | yes |
This table was generated by the OSM Apps Catalog at 2025-02-04.
Routing
| Name | APRSISCE/32 | ArcGIS Editor for OSM | CartoType | Find & Route | GLObal PositioningUtilitieS | Gosmore | GPS Tuner | GpsCycleComputer | gpsVP | MoNa | MoNav | NAVeGIS | Navikey SevenWays | NaviPOWM | Navitel | OpenCityMap | OziExplorer | RoadMap | СитиГИД |
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| Routing | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Calculate route | no | ?
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| Routing profiles | none | Car | Car, Bike, Walk, Hike, Custom | Bike, Foot | ?
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| Turn restrictions | no | yes | yes | ?
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| Calculate route without Internet (Offline routing) | no | ?
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This table was generated by the OSM Apps Catalog at 2025-02-04.
| Name | APRSISCE/32 | ArcGIS Editor for OSM | cachebox | CartoType | Find & Route | GLObal PositioningUtilitieS | Gosmore | GPS Tuner | GPS-Mate | gpsVP | MoNa | MoNav | NAVeGIS | Navikey SevenWays | NaviPOWM | Navitel | OpenCityMap | OziExplorer | PathAway GPS | RoadMap | СитиГИД |
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| Navigate | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Find location | no | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | ?
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| Find nearby POIs | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ?
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| Navigate to point | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ?
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| Navigation with voice / Voice guidance | no | no | no | ?
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| Keep on road | no | no | no | yes | no | ?
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| Works without GPS | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | ?
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| Navigate along predefined route | yes | ?
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This table was generated by the OSM Apps Catalog at 2025-02-04.
Tracking
| Name | APRSISCE/32 | ArcGIS Editor for OSM | BT747 | cachebox | CartoType | Find & Route | GLObal PositioningUtilitieS | Gosmore | GPS Tuner | GPS-Mate | GpsCycleComputer | gpsVP | MoNav | NAVeGIS | Navikey SevenWays | NaviPOWM | Navitel | Noni GPSPlot for Windows Mobile | OpenCityMap | OziExplorer | PathAway GPS | RoadMap | SikaSimplex | СитиГИД |
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| Make track | yes | no | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Customizable log interval | yes | yes | yes | ?
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| Track formats | Gpx | Shp, Osm, Pdf, Png | GPX, KML, CSV, HTML, PLT, TRK | Gpx | ?
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| Geotagging | no | ?
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| Fast POI buttons | yes | yes | yes | yes | ?
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This table was generated by the OSM Apps Catalog at 2025-02-04.
Monitoring
| Name | APRSISCE/32 | ArcGIS Editor for OSM | BT747 | cachebox | Find & Route | GLObal PositioningUtilitieS | Gosmore | GPS Tuner | GPS-Mate | GpsCycleComputer | gpsVP | MoNa | NAVeGIS | Navikey SevenWays | NaviPOWM | Navitel | Noni GPSPlot for Windows Mobile | OpenCityMap | OziExplorer | PathAway GPS | SikaSimplex | СитиГИД |
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| Monitoring | yes | no | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no |
| Show current track | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | ?
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| Send current position | yes, APRS | no | Www | Www | no | Www, Sms | ?
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Editing
| Name | ArcGIS Editor for OSM | OpenCityMap |
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| Add POIs | yes | yes |
| Edit / Delete POIs | yes | yes |
| Add way | yes | ?
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| Edit relations | yes | no |
| Work offline | Online, Cache, Offline | ?
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Accessibility
| Name | gpsVP | NAVeGIS | СитиГИД |
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This table was generated by the OSM Apps Catalog at 2025-02-04.
Data Logging
A number of programs are available for collecting GPS tracks:
Free Software/Open Source
- Navit cross-platform Windows/Linux/iphone/WinMobile application with offline (!) routing http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/Navit_on_WinCE/Windows_Mobile
Freeware
- PTGMAP Moving / rotating map / tracklog, and GPS navigation. By using Mkgmap you can create an .img file and load it to PTGMAP. You can define hardware buttons to create a waypoint at the current position. This is really helpful for OSM tracking.
- Cachebox - for Windows Mobile 5 Professional (PDA). Geocaching software that uses OSM tiles for displaying the map.
- Mobbyway for Windows Mobile with ver. 6.1 or above, needs .NET Compact Framework 3.5. French solution to upload tracklogs in GPX format and more.
Commercial
- Gobiz Mobile ([1]) Display and save OpenStreetMap for offline use! Georeference your photos, videos, audio, POIs, tracks; view your tracks in Google Earth in 3D with 3D data types; runs on Windwos Mobile 5.x, 6.x (~upon request ???)
- GPS-Mate (gps-mate.com) Displays the OpenStreetMap and other - even georeference your own - topographic maps; record, manage, plan and export GPS tracks (various formats); available for Windows Mobile PDA + Windows CE PNA's + Windows PC; English/German (~23 ???)
- Glopus (glopus.de) 3D map, track log, etc., only German (Shareware, 20 ???)
- GPS Data Logger 2005 (geoaps.com) (commercial, $ 70)
- GPSGate (franson.com) will record a GPS log, and will also allow you to share one GPS between several GPS applications running at the same time. (Commercial, US$ 30)
- BeeLine GPS (visualgps.net/BeeLineGPS) Also has a log recording function. (Shareware, US $ 30.)
- GPSDash (wimobi.com/gpsdash) (Shareware, 23 ??? ~ 27.6 $.)
- Navio (tinystocks.com/gps) (Shareware, 23 ??? ~ 24.9 $) I have found it quite practical and reliable for OSM tracking (on an iPaq 6915). Logs are in NMEA format. You have to buy a licence to make logs. Waymarking facilities are poor. Can display position on a downloaded PDF or JPEG map image, but I haven't tested that.
- CartoType (cartotype.com) - Available now for Windows, Windows Mobile, Symbian OS, and Palm OS 5. CartoType is owned and developed by Graham Asher of Cartography Ltd
- Run.GPS (rungps.net) (Shareware, 25.95 ??? ~ 33.99 $) is software for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs and smartphones that can synchronise multiple tracks directly to OSM through Wi-Fi, GPRS or UMTS
- GPS Tuner (gpstuner.com) ($34 - With one-year free upgrade). Can directly download OSM maps or use the free map calibrator.
- MioMap/IGO My way (mio-tech.be) Quite expensive, depending on the maps you buy. But if you already have this software, it can record tracks and export them as GPX.
- OziExplorerCE ($ 95 / ??? 69 for life-time license). Runs on various handheld devices starting with Windows CE 3 through Windows Mobile 6+ and CE.net. An unregistered version will require manual GPS communication restart every 20 or 10 minutes. Can be used with any raster map - scanned or converted. Track logs and POIs are compatible with GPSBabel. The GPS recordings will be in NMEA format. If you need the recorded track as a GPX file (for example when you want to upload the recorded tracks directly to the OSM-server) have a look at converting NMEA to GPX.
- Further details can be found on Making_Tracks_with_Homebrew-ware#Windows_Mobile.
- PathAway ([2]) (Commercial, Standard $60) - For Windows Mobile, Symbian, and PalmOS. Can directly download OSM maps ($95 Professional version only), or use your own raster maps using the calibration tool. Can record tracks and export them as GPX.
- odgps (outdoor-gps.de) GPX track logging, waypoint navigation and statistics. There is also a German manual.
- I have quite good experience with this program. Only after 60 to 90 min., the memory fills up, so I save, restart and go on. Works.
- Well with 240x240 screen resolution. --Georg 07:09, 28 April 2007 (BST)
- Moved here from Freeware, because it has become shareware ... but with a reasonable price --Chaosben 13:05, 10 September 2010 (BST)
Using OSM data
BSGPSPDA Freeware - tracks your position on downloaded Osmarender tiles (zoom 10 to 17). See instantly missing ways, POI's, etc. Records tracks in GPX and voice recorded waypoint and PIO descriptions.
PocketMV is a shareware program which will display Garmin img files on a Windows Mobile device, and then if you have a GPS connected will display your position on the map. It features a search facility allowing you to search for roads and points of interest. Suitable img files can be created using Mkgmap. The following image shows a screen shot from an HP Ipaq in the area of Ryde, Isle of Wight:
OZIexplorerCE, see Oziexplorer for details:
gpsVP is an open-source (BSD license) that supports using Garmin .img map format files and shows online OSM maps (Mapnik is preconfigured, it is possible to add a configuration file for other online raster maps like Osmarender) on Windows Mobile devices (smartphone or PDA) and also on Windows Desktop computers. By using Mkgmap you can create an .img file and load it to gpsVP.
Gosmore is a routing application that uses OSM data:
Run.GPS is a shareware program that can display OSM data and load map tiles on demand through a cell phone Internet connection (GPRS, UMTS):
PDA TileManager is software that can download OSM tiles along a GPX track. For Windows Mobile with installed .NET CF 2.0 or above. It works perfectly together with Run.GPS:
Map Calibrator creates OSM maps. I use them in the GPS Tuner and in the Turbo GPS on my WinPDA:
locr GPS Photo for Windows Mobile Version 2 Alpha 1 is a free client application for Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Mobile 6 PDAs to geotag photos which uses OSM maps for orientation purposes.
OpenMobileMaps is a moving map application similar to Google Maps, but it is using OSM data instead. If a data connection is available, it automatically downloads tiles and allows to search for places. In offline mode it shows cached map-tiles. If a GPS device is available, the current position can be shown on the map and the map automatically moved.
Audio Logging
- See PDA Voice Recording for information on using your Windows Mobile device to record audio whilst you are mapping.