Discussion: OCAD on Android?
in: Orienteering; Gear & Toys
Nov 16, 2011 4:40 AM
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Could someone please save me hours of trawling through internet forums and confirm my suspicion that OCAD will not run on Android?
Nov 17, 2011 12:43 AM
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GuyO:
I've been told by a reliable source that OCAD will run on Windows tablets.
Nov 17, 2011 6:09 AM
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OK. To clarify this query...
The query is for a friend who is even less computer savvy than I am (if that is possible). Someone bought him a Samsung Galaxy tablet.
Computers are like cars to me. I can turn them on and make them do certain things (with lots of step by step instructions) but the minute they break down I'm cactus.
It's a miracle that I know what a tablet is in this context (and not something you swallow)
I had to look up Android on Wikipedia to find out what that was. Surprise - it's not some sort of human/robot thingie
So.... my recent hurried reading suggests that Android and Windows OS are different incompatible things but I expect to be corrected.
The query is for a friend who is even less computer savvy than I am (if that is possible). Someone bought him a Samsung Galaxy tablet.
Computers are like cars to me. I can turn them on and make them do certain things (with lots of step by step instructions) but the minute they break down I'm cactus.
It's a miracle that I know what a tablet is in this context (and not something you swallow)
I had to look up Android on Wikipedia to find out what that was. Surprise - it's not some sort of human/robot thingie
So.... my recent hurried reading suggests that Android and Windows OS are different incompatible things but I expect to be corrected.
Nov 17, 2011 6:33 AM
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No, you are correct - software written for Windows won't run on Android, and vice versa.
Nov 21, 2011 1:27 AM
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Jun 28, 2013 7:34 PM
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I've just tried Momap on Android, and it looks pretty good, was able to load and edit a 20 MB Ocad-10 file on a nexus 10 just fine, and it shows a GPS dot referenced etc.
Except it is about $750 and not in the Play Store. I mean I can almost buy two ipad minis and have ghettocad for free for that price and bother.
Except it is about $750 and not in the Play Store. I mean I can almost buy two ipad minis and have ghettocad for free for that price and bother.
Jun 30, 2013 8:47 PM
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mo°:
open orienteering mapper is planed to work on android. its open source, for free. the more you support it, the earlier will exist the android version.
http://oorienteering.sourceforge.net/
http://oorienteering.sourceforge.net/
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