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Show HN: Big-b-router – Edit OSM maps to avoid ALPRs in Osmand or Comaps(github.com)
4 points by gentile 14d ago|0 comments
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by gentile 21d ago
You can download Osmand~ from F-droid which doesn't limit downloads. Or you could even download the map from another provider like bbbike or geofabrik, use osmandmapcreator (needs java) to convert the pbf to obf and then import it into
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by gentile 2mo ago
I've been making some custom maps for both Osmand and Comaps. The main big positive for Comaps I've seen is Android Auto being available freely (but you have osmand+ so moot point). But having used both, the tooling for osmand is
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by gentile 4mo ago
The 100k figure is an overestimate by a few percent. The OpenStreetMap data for ALPRs is pretty good, but there is some duplication. I (recently) programmatically identified ~2.5k such instances. https://pickpj.github.io&#x2F
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Editing PBF files to avoid Flock cameras (with Android Auto)(pickpj.github.io)
3 points by gentile 4mo ago|0 comments
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by gentile 5mo ago
Consider balling up some electrical tape underneath the Ram stick. This solved this very specific issue with my laptop that was flexing too much and crashing.
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by gentile 7mo ago
Download osm data, extract roads and surveillance, gpd overlay how=difference, remove/edit the different osmid's, write to pbf file, convert to obf file w/ osmandmapcreator, import into OsmAnd. Now you have turn by turn navig
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by gentile 7mo ago
To add, a bit complicated, but osm data can be edited with osmium (cpp) or pyosmium (python). Then the edited data can be put into osmandmapcreator to generate the file to use in Osmand. (I used this to route around ALPRs)
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Show HN: Big B-Router – Steps to create ALPR-less maps for OsmAnd with OSM data(github.com)
1 points by gentile 7mo ago|0 comments
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by gentile 1y ago
Yes, it just uses the shapefile from the tokyo open data site. https://catalog.data.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/dataset/t000008d00000... It's a quarto site so if you navigate to the repository of the github page you can see
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by gentile 1y ago
Some more context for Japan's land use (it does not differ prefecturally; some local regulations like kyoto and building colors) The basics of Japan's Land use rules in english (only 8 pages; mostly tables/pictures and very s
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by gentile 2y ago
I like: Kaeru no tsura ni shonnbenn, カエルの面に小便, (Like) piss on a frogs face; Basically the idiom "like water off a ducks back"
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by gentile 2y ago
It's mentioned in the article, the US embassy advises against unauthorized employment. https://jp.usembassy.gov/services/visas-japan-u-s-citizens/
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by gentile 2y ago
A license isn't needed for an electric bicycle. The law states that it is classified as an electric bicycle if it is only pedal assist and only up to 24kph (15mph). The issue arises when either there are no pedals, or it can be operate
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by gentile 2y ago
I only have some light use cases, so I use a cheap laptop (<$250) with a ryzen APU 8gb soldered/shared ram. Then added a 16gb ram stick, booted off a usb bios from github, increased uma buffer to 8gb. I had stable diffusion working,
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by gentile 2y ago
On youtube you can block the section with shorts in them with ublock (rclick > block element), this was good enough for my use. I don't know about other sites.
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by gentile 2y ago
There is a spelling mistake in the japanese translation under language tokenization. In こんにちわ, わ should be は.