Or, if you're on a budget, buy a N800 (which is half of the price of the N810) and a Bluetooth GPS, which you can use with your phone and GpsMid.
[] On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 19:37, Christoph Eckert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > I want to buy a GPS receiver to contribute more to OSM. So far, I am > > undecided as to get only a data logger or a full navigator, for use in a > > car and geocaching, but I am inclined for the latter. > > > > I am not sure if this list is for this kind of stuff, but can someone > > give me some pointers? > > > > It must have: > > GNU/Linux compatibility > > USB or bluetooth interface > > Data Logger > > > > What would be real cool to have: > > Navigator (for car and geocaching) > > OSM maps capable > > If you are a bit of a geek, maybe a Nokia N810 would be a good choice. > There > are several kewl open source apps available: > http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/maemo-mapper/ > http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/osm2go/ > http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/gpxview/ > http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/navit/ > > Maemo Mapper is an excellent application, even providing > turn-by-turn-directions (never used it BTW, as I use it on a bike). Caveat: > Routes are caclulated on the server side beforehand, no live routing. > Adding > waypoints currently is broken. > > [ADV] Some info on my blog: > http://www.christeck.de/wp/?s=n810 > > HTH. Welcome to the world of OSM addicts, BTW ;-) . > > Cheers, > > ce > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > -- Arlindo Saraiva Pereira Jr. Pesquisador e Desenvolvedor de Soluções em Software Livre - Circo Voador Digital - circodigital.org.br Bacharelando em Sistemas de Informação - UNIRIO - uniriotec.br Profissional: [email protected] Acadêmico: [email protected] Geral: [email protected] Tel.: +5521 92504072 Jabber/Google Talk: [email protected] SIP: [email protected] Skype: nighto_sumomo Fring: arlindopereira Linux User #363664 Chave Pública: B828E502
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