We were contemplating GPS units last year, but we never completed the research and didn't make a purchase. That being said, it looks like the major players are Garmin and TomTom.
Some TomTom units run Linux, see: http://opentom.org/ However, Garmin may be more ubiquitous. It looks like newer Garmins support USB Mass Storage. So putting OpenStreetMap data files on them is simply a matter of copying the appropriate .img file. See: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Mass_Storage_Mode http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download --Peter On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:51 AM, <bruce.lab...@autoliv.com> wrote: > I've got an old un-upgradable GPS unit that I'd like to replace. (At this > point the maps are old enough that I've been directed out in the weeds > quite a few times. Umm, that is NOT the point of a GPS...) > > Towards that end, I'd like to get a new GPS that is OpenStreetMap > compatible. My google-fu is pretty lacking - as many list members may > have noticed over the years. The OpenStreetMap site(s) I've visited > haven't been too illuminating. Does anyone have direct experience with > GPS units that work with OSM and are decent? Oh, and the GPS unit is > recent enough that I could buy it new? > > TIA > Bruce > > ****************************** > Neither the footer nor anything else in this E-mail is intended to or > constitutes an <br>electronic signature and/or legally binding agreement in > the absence of an <br>express statement or Autoliv policy and/or procedure to > the contrary.<br>This E-mail and any attachments hereto are Autoliv property > and may contain legally <br>privileged, confidential and/or proprietary > information.<br>The recipient of this E-mail is prohibited from distributing, > copying, forwarding or in any way <br>disseminating any material contained > within this E-mail without prior written <br>permission from the author. If > you receive this E-mail in error, please <br>immediately notify the author > and delete this E-mail. Autoliv disclaims all <br>responsibility and > liability for the consequences of any person who fails to <br>abide by the > terms herein. <br> > ****************************** > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
