[clug] GPS on Linux

[Ian McLeod]

Is Google Maps one of the repositories?  I like the idea of choice of 
maps.  If so this is an excellent idea and possibly one way to build an 
open source / low cost in car navigation system.

Brenda Moon wrote:
> I used maemo-mapper on my Nokia 770 and it was excellent.  
> https://garage.maemo.org/projects/maemo-mapper
>
> There is a fork of it available that runs on Linux desktops which is 
> customised for open street map - 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/User:Onion/Mapper.
>
> The source code is available for both versions.
>
> MaemoMapper was able to use a lot of different map repositories.
>
> regards,
>
> Brenda
>
>
> On 13/08/2009, at 2:30 PM, Ian McLeod wrote:
>
>> Thanks this is excellent information.
>>
>> Google Earth on Windows handles NMEA compliant input data, however 
>> this was removed from the Linux Google Earth version.
>>
>> There are some workarounds however, and at least the device should work.
>>
>> I have noticed a few open source solutions that can integrate with 
>> commercial mapping providers like Google Earth, in addition to OSM.
>>
>> I look forward to playing around with this on the new MSI Netbook.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> David Tulloh wrote:
>>> Ian McLeod wrote:
>>>> Would something like this work ok? Both USB GPS devices. Quite 
>>>> accurate apparently?
>>>>
>>>> GlobalSat BU-353 SiRF III GPS Mouse
>>>> Or
>>>>
>>>> Transystem iGPS-M Pro 32 Channel MTK GPS
>>>>
>>>> http://www.octapc.com.au/category732_1.htm
>>> SiRF is the market leader and generally considered the one to beat, 
>>> I'm not familiar with iGPS.
>>>
>>> It's difficult to compare consumer devices as they tend not to give 
>>> you any meaningful data, both of those products talk NMEA and should 
>>> work with Linux.
>>>
>>> Finding a review that's using it in the same environment and for the 
>>> same purposes as you would probably be the best guide.
>>> Ignore the channel count it's just marketing. You never get more 
>>> than ten strong satellites in the sky and the performance 
>>> improvements after about eight would be almost nonexistent.
>>>
>>> I would probably tend towards SiRF as the more experienced product.
>>>
>>>
>>> David
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