[clug] uppdate software for navig8r M35 GPS navigation system

[Sam Couter]

David Tulloh <david at tulloh.id.au> wrote:
> The more important question is why would you want to?

The same reasons I run Linux on my "normal" computers.

I'm kinda cheating though, my ARM came with Linux preinstalled (Nokia
n810).

> Even if you could drop in a GPS implementation the value in the device  
> comes from the map software.  The best open source mapping software I've  
> seen just plots points on a map file.

Navit is my favourite.

http://www.navit-project.org/

It uses open map data too.

http://www.openstreetmap.org/

It can use other sources if you want, such as unencrypted Garmin maps.
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