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From the Archive · September 2011

Smallworld on a Sony PSP

Before tablets were cheap, we put Smallworld on a Sony PSP. Presented at the 2011 GE Smallworld user conference in Chicago.

By John Boere

A Sony PSP with a GPS module showing Smallworld GIS map tiles

From the archive: republished from the original Cliffhanger blog, September 2011. Lightly reformatted; the words are as they were.

The following slideshow was presented by us in the mobile solutions track at the 2011 GE Smallworld user conference in Chicago, Sept 25-29, 2011:

Smallworld data on a Sony PSP, why?

Visualizing Smallworld GIS data on a Sony Portable Playstation (PSP): Why we did it and why it was worth it (except for making the kids cry)

Picking a mobile device

Available hardware (in 2007/2008)
Large Screen
Inexpensive
Open platform
Sony PSP

Why SONY PSP

Inexpensive
Large Screen
GPS capable
Open System*
GOAL

Goal

Display a seamless map
Navigate (scroll/zoom)
Same look & feel as Smallworld

Tools

Homebrew
SDK
Global Map Download Tool
MapThis PSP application
psp_hacks psp_inside

Making Tiles

Works in any Smallworld app
Uses existing Styles
Good performance

GPS

Navigation Mode
Night Mode

Adding intelligence

Simple DB
Simple search
Beyond PSP

Android, iPad

browser based
fast
real time
on-line or off-line

Pilot to Production

See it on your network.

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