Re: OpenStreetMap compatible GPS?

2010-04-26 Thread Marc Nozell (m...@nozell.com)
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:51 AM, bruce.lab...@autoliv.com wrote: 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

Re: OpenStreetMap compatible GPS?

2010-04-26 Thread Peter Dobratz
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

Re: OpenStreetMap compatible GPS?

2010-04-26 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: And *then* we discovered just how much better the OSM maps can be than the proprietary ones ... which makes perfect sense to me, since there's actually a way for bugs to be reported and fixed in OSM One of

Nokia N900

2010-04-26 Thread Dan Miller
I'm looking at upgrading my phone. Even though I won't get 3G, I'm looking at the Nokia N900. Has anyone used it? What are your thoughts? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

Re: OpenStreetMap compatible GPS?

2010-04-26 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Joshua Judson Rosen writes: (we're a Debian household) I found this phrase to be entertaining...it just rolled off Joshua's tongue with the same ease that somebody might say: we're a vegetarian household we're a kosher household we have cats in our household we watch the Boston Bruins in

Re: Nokia N900

2010-04-26 Thread Jeffry Smith
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:43 AM, Dan Miller rambi@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking at upgrading my phone. Even though I won't get 3G, I'm looking at the Nokia N900. Has anyone used it? What are your thoughts? That and the Motorola Backflip are the two that I'm looking at. Would appreciate any

Re: New to GNHLUG

2010-04-26 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Joseph Smith j...@settoplinux.org wrote: I am new to the gnhlug community and wanted to introduce myself. Welcome! GNHLUG is pretty loosely (dis)organized. There's this list, the website (which anyone can edit), and a various regular meetings scattered