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a. Open App Manager and install Marble - Virtual Globe. (install help here http://userbase.kde.org/Marble/Maemo/Installation)<br>

c. While you're in App Manager, consider installing Conky. This utility comes in handy to check network activity and it's a useful monitor in general.

Quit App manager and open Marble, Top menu > Marble Virtual Globe Menu > Map View > Select Mercator and OpenStreetMap. This map is identical to the desktop version, including hitchhikers' launch pads, also known as petrol stations and highway resting areas.

Open Marble > Top Menu > uncheck Work Offline to allow internet access

Tap on the map and move around the areas you will travel through. Zoom in and out for a more detailed map. Marble downloads and saves the area permanently on the phone. Alternatively, do a search: Menu > Go to... > press Return on the hardware keyboard.

To cancel a route, Top Menu > Routing > Clear

Marble > Top menu > Routing > wrench icon on the lower right > select Monav > Configure > Install New > select country and Install. The download and installation will start.

NOTE: Auto-install works here, but the tiles do not show up and I end up saving tiles the manual way by scrolling and zooming. This is probably also the way to get more up to date maps. For example the maps of France and Germany in Marble are from 2005.

- To toggle fullscreen, press screen > Full screen

+ Lightweight hitchhike atlas

+ Offline Hitchwiki spots and offline access to Openstreetmap including petrol stations, parkings, street names and many objects.

+ Forked from Debian, Maemo is the most open source OS on a mobile phone, and still actively supported by the Maemo community

- Max. 1400 Mah battery available. Spare batteries are recommended for longer trips

- Slower lookup compared to paper due to its 3,5" screen