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one thing which would really be great is an OSM client for Kindle/ebook readers with an offline data store. With an optimised interface and map styling it could come in handy in many cases (hiking, bike tours - anything where weight, power and portability are a concern).

Obviously an editor like spatialdev are developing would need more advanced features thus they are targeting android.

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You can make a regular book-of-maps for the kindle easily enough. I did it here http://www.kindle-maps.com/

it would be great if you would share how you did that, because there may be other cities and countries than NYC and the UK... ;)

so far i've only used google maps PDFs but that sucks. i've also had good experiences with offline Garmin maps based on OSM data, but that requires a GPS with much lower battery life than a ebook reader... a bunch of providers here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Downloa...

i used this in the past with good success: http://daveh.dev.openstreetmap.org/garmin/Lambertus/

although this seems like the newest best thing: http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/

That's really neat. It had never occurred to me that an e-ink screen would be a good medium for a map - well done!

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