On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 22:16 +0000, James wrote: > Hello, > > Time for a new GPS. Any cool models out there > that work well with a Gentoo laptop?
That's like saying "Time for a new car. Any cool models out there that work well with petrol?" There are a plethora of GPSs! Do you want the typical in car voice navigation to take you to the restaurant; or off road waypoint and path tracking, route logging, or something else? > Being unaware of the latest with GPS (features) > I'd be most keen to hear what works well and > what is cool for driving around with a GPS.... some features you might consider: * bluetooth for handsfree answering and dialling your mobile phone (if it's legal in your area) * map upgrades - make sure you can do it for a number of years and you're not stuck with this years maps forever * text to speech - for reading out street names ("turn left at Smith St" vs "turn left in 100m") * tunnel mode (some use accelerometers and such to keep your position accurate in tunnels or city centres) * Online searching (watch out for data fees) useful for finding the nearest petrol station * Camera with geotagging * expandable memory * mp3 / video playing capability to use up that expandable memory * on road / off road modes and route logging (not that you have to go off road, but if you want to upload your tracks to a free mapping service, then it needs to be royalty free, which means you need to turn off the "snap to nearest road" function) * digital compass, odometer, log book facility * lane guidance and 3d features (I personally don't care for them, but some do) * etc > Maybe searching out free wireless connections for > bandwidth? not sure how many plain GPSs have wifi. hth, -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> One person's error is another person's data.