[clug] GPS maps

[Aaron Kerr]

Neat! 
Has anyone tried this using the topographical maps from Geoscience 
Australia (free online) as the background images?
<http://www.ga.gov.au/news/index.jsp#geodata>

Aaron

Leigh Purdie wrote:
> G'day Boris,
>
> Have a peek at 'gpsdrive' - http://gpsdrive.kraftvoll.at/
>
> Worked beautifully for me when we did a wireless survey several years 
> back.
>
> w.r.t map source, I can't help much - but if you are happy to use 
> satellite
> map data (and it's just for personal use), google probably won't mind you
> using the following trick to grab a nice big .png of your normal 
> travelling
> area:
>
>   -
>
>   $ vncserver -geometry 10240x7680 -depth 16 (for a map of around
>   10000x7600 pixels)
>   -
>
>   $ vncviewer -noauto localhost:1 &
>   -
>
>   $ DISPLAY=localhost:1;export DISPLAY
>   -
>
>   $ firefox &
>
> In your new 'huge' desktop, find the centre-point of the map you require,
> at the required zoom level, then bookmark the link. Maximise your firefox
> window, select the bookmark, then wait for everything to load. Once your
> images have loaded, take a screenshot of the window, and save to an
> appropriate location.
> Regards,
>
> Leigh.
>
> On 5/18/06, Rousak, Boris <Boris.Rousak at industry.gov.au> wrote:
>>
>> Greets to all,
>>
>> Does anyone know of any software that would be able to draw maps on my
>> laptop and in conjunction with a GPS guide me along them. Sort of like
>> the thing you see in PDAs these days but for linux? I wanted to use my
>> laptop for incar navigation but found a surprising lack of software and
>> more importantly... maps. The machine boots Ubuntu and FC4, but the
>> source would also be fine.
>> Would such a beast exist even? or am I going about it the wrong way?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Boris
>>
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