Flatsonar

OSM Scout Server

by Rinigus

Maps server providing tiles, geocoder, and router

Dangerous permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0+ v3.1.0

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About

OSM Scout Server can be used as a drop-in replacement for online map services providing map tiles, search, and routing. As a result, an offline operation is possible if the device has a server and map client programs installed and running.

To use the server, you have to start it and configure the client to access it. An example pages with JavaScript-based clients are provided. The server is supported by such clients as Pure Maps and modRana.

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • full access to your entire file system
    --filesystem=host
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to xdg-config/kdeglobals
    --filesystem=xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro
  • talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
    --talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
  • talks to org.kde.kconfig.notify
    --talk-name=org.kde.kconfig.notify
  • talks to org.kde.KGlobalSettings
    --talk-name=org.kde.KGlobalSettings
  • talks to org.freedesktop.DBus
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.DBus

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • fetches from download.osgeo.org over unencrypted http: anyone on the path can swap the bytes
    source:insecure-url
  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

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