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Re:Ask HN: Why E-Ink Phones? by diggernet on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @07:25PM (#29260707)
I use a Pocketbook InkPad Color for USGS topo maps. They look pretty nice. Zooming is slow, because they are extremely complex vector PDFs on a low power device. I should probably try converting them to images to work around that problem. The screen is actually surprisingly tolerable for photos, too.
Re:Ask HN: Why E-Ink Phones? by mdp2021 on Thursday November 18, 2021 @03:53AM (#29263489)
Surely you should use bitmap tiles; you can either use a network server for unplanned locations or download tiles beforehand for planned ones. Orux Maps offers the option.