David, David Rysdam <da...@rysdam.org> writes:
> I've complained here before about how much I hate pretty much all GPS > devices/software. I finally partly-decided to half-heartedly make a > feeble stab at doing something about it! > > There's 3 parts: > > Maps: OSM is the obvious choice. > > Routing: There's a bunch of good routers out there, although one major > thrust of my own thing involves changing the routing (or at least > exposing parameters nobody else seems to expose the way I want). I > figure I'll start with one of those with my own pre-processor in front > of it, then go from there. > > Navigation: There doesn't seem to be a lot of work in this area, > although it's hard to google for without getting inundated by retail > product hits. Could you explain your distinction between "Routing" and "Navigation" here? I'm not sure I really understand the difference, unless you just mean "placing a dot on a map and moving the map as you move" (i.e. the UI piece). > The debian repos have "navit" that does a full end-to-end thing, which I > don't want. I could maybe rip out just the navigation part, but their > Android app is so awful it gives me a bad code smell feeling. > > Does anyone know of any projects that specifically target (and do a good > job on) taking a pile of maps and a GPX file and turning that into a > sequence of "in 20 miles, turn left"-type directions? You could look at the source of the Google Navigation app.. I bet it's open source.. -derek -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH warl...@mit.edu PGP key available _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/