Marcus Bauer wrote:
>
> gpsd works well and gypsy is not network capable. Simply using your
> Neo's GPS from your Laptop does not work. And especially for an
> application like tangoGPS it is inherently broken: every nav-application
> wants to have the raw NMEA and not some preprocessed stuff and t
> What is the point of having GPS anyway?
>
Its nice, when you're navigating around an unfamiliar area, to be able
to have a realtime update of where you are exactly. Its also fun to
have a trace of your trip, if you're the kind of person who gets out a
bit. Nice in the forests and among n
Ken Restivo wrote:
> What is the point of having GPS anyway?
One reason for GPS on a phone is to provide location information for
"Enhanced 911" emergency services.
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If you don't need a GPS that's great but I find them really useful.
Yes, maps and a compasses are really useful but they are quite bulky
and you need the right one. Thanks to the FreeRunner I've now got
localised, street level maps for a large part of the work (OSM[0]) in
my pocket. In addition to
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:38:07PM +0300, Mikko Rauhala wrote:
> ti, 2008-07-29 kello 20:53 +0200, Marcus Bauer kirjoitti:
> > I'm a huge Openstreetmap fan but until OSM is ready for routing this
> > will take at least five more years, probably ten.
>
> That's probably true _if you drive a car_ (
my apologies for the spam,
i didn't read the wiki good enough, the fix is there
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Yorick Moko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> start-up solved:
> [Desktop Entry]
> Encoding=UTF-8
> Name=Navit
> TryExec=navit
> GenericName=Navit
> Comment=GPS Navigation
> Exec=navit
> Ic
start-up solved:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Navit
TryExec=navit
GenericName=Navit
Comment=GPS Navigation
Exec=navit
Icon=diversity-nav
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;GPS;
StartupNotify=true
SingleInstance=true
solved it
but the destination screen crashes
On Thu, Jul
that page seems very out-dated...
I modified the desktop file and it still won't start, what am I doing wrong?
the file looks like this:
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Navit
TryExec=navit
GenericName=Navit
Comment=GPS Navigation
Exec=navit
Icon=diversity-nav
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GPS;
St
arne anka wrote:
>> Navit works supprisingly well.
>> Very well with 'stolen/misused' Map&Route maps.
>
> got wherefrom, ie what kind of maps work with it?
http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/Main_Page#Maps
>> But i have to say, the navit build for openmoko is in bad condition.
>> (easy to fi
> Navit works supprisingly well.
> Very well with 'stolen/misused' Map&Route maps.
got wherefrom, ie what kind of maps work with it?
> But i have to say, the navit build for openmoko is in bad condition.
> (easy to fix)
care to elaborate?
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Tilman Baumann wrote:
> But you are tight, they solve quite different problems. Navit is far
> better for orientation in cities or for cycling and walking.
Sorry, this is probably a typo that needs to be declared explicitly.
s/tight/right/
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Shawn Rutledge wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Jay Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> So I hope you come up with good data for India. I always wanted to
>> have a map of the entire world available in my pocket, so maybe we get
>> closer and closer to that .. ;)
>
> planet.osm.bz2 is
Marcus Bauer wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 16:47 +0200, Tilman Baumann wrote:
>
>> Well, i like tangoGPS very much. But it is hardly a comprehensive solution.
>> First it's only a tile viewer for online maps. No routing, no offline
>> maps.
>
> I'm a huge Openstreetmap fan but until OSM is read
ti, 2008-07-29 kello 20:53 +0200, Marcus Bauer kirjoitti:
> I'm a huge Openstreetmap fan but until OSM is ready for routing this
> will take at least five more years, probably ten.
That's probably true _if you drive a car_ (though even for that it can
be a handy help, especially in areas that don
>
> Nope. Can't compete against a TomTom or any other commercial Navi. But
> then there is no solution for the Neo: the screen is too small and the
> speaker too weak. Nevertheless it is quite often quite handy.
>
I'm using it to navigate the streets of Vienna quite happily,
Marcus .. it took me
> planet.osm.bz2 is 4.2 gigs now, but that's why there are 8 gig microSD
> cards I guess. :-) Of course being unindexed XML you don't have time
> to parse and render that much data.
>
Hmm .. that alongside mokopedia, and my 8gig card is *full* to the
brim . Cool! :)
Hey - maybe *this* is the
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 16:47 +0200, Tilman Baumann wrote:
> Well, i like tangoGPS very much. But it is hardly a comprehensive solution.
> First it's only a tile viewer for online maps. No routing, no offline
> maps.
I'm a huge Openstreetmap fan but until OSM is ready for routing this
will take at
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Jay Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So I hope you come up with good data for India. I always wanted to
> have a map of the entire world available in my pocket, so maybe we get
> closer and closer to that .. ;)
planet.osm.bz2 is 4.2 gigs now, but that's why t
> @Marcus - My main job is to sell the Neo ( I work for a
> distributor) and tangoGPS is the application that impresses my
> clients (and me) the most (even though we hardly have OSM data for
> India!). I would love to see it continue to be developed. (Offline
> maps is something that peop
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 21:49 +0530, rakshat hooja wrote:
>
> @Marcus - My main job is to sell the Neo ( I work for a distributor)
> and tangoGPS is the application that impresses my clients (and me) the
> most (even though we hardly have OSM data for India!). I would love to
> see it continue to
Am Dienstag 29 Juli 2008 18:19:32 schrieb rakshat hooja:
> > Please see Daniel Willmann's announcement for more details.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > --
> >
> > :M:
>
> Thanks for the reply and my apologies if I mis-understood something/ got
> the facts wrong . I will wait for Daniel Willmann's announcement
>
> Please see Daniel Willmann's announcement for more details.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> :M:
Thanks for the reply and my apologies if I mis-understood something/ got the
facts wrong . I will wait for Daniel Willmann's announcement.
@Marcus - My main job is to sell the Neo ( I work for a distributor)
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 15:46 +0200, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote:
> Am Dienstag 29 Juli 2008 15:28:56 schrieb rakshat hooja:
> > > Moreover the '800 pound gorilla' OM is developing its own
> > > gps software and I'm not spending my energy competing with it.
> > >
> > Not to start a flame war but ev
rakshat hooja wrote:
>
>
> Moreover the '800 pound gorilla' OM is developing its own
> gps software and I'm not spending my energy competing with it.
>
> OM2007.2 is there, it works and I recommend everybody to develop for it.
>
> Best regards,
> Marcus
>
>
> Not to star
Am Dienstag 29 Juli 2008 15:28:56 schrieb rakshat hooja:
> > Moreover the '800 pound gorilla' OM is developing its own
> > gps software and I'm not spending my energy competing with it.
> >
> > OM2007.2 is there, it works and I recommend everybody to develop for it.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Marcus
> Moreover the '800 pound gorilla' OM is developing its own
> gps software and I'm not spending my energy competing with it.
>
> OM2007.2 is there, it works and I recommend everybody to develop for it.
>
> Best regards,
> Marcus
>
Not to start a flame war but even I would like to know why Openmok
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