On Wed, 2 Jun 2010, Liz wrote: > On Wed, 2 Jun 2010, Eraina and Richard jenkins wrote: > > I have in mind a project that involves making my old laptop into a > > large-screen GPS. Maybe someone on this list can refer me to where > > this has been mentioned before. My OS of choice is linux, but the > > laptop will still run winXP, and there will be no continuing internet > > connection so I am prepared to use the winXP side of things. > > > > So far, I have got both gpsdrive and tangogps working separately on the > > laptop. I have also got a usb gps receiver providing data ... so while > > I have internet access, I get street maps thru openstreetmaps. > > However, I want to put say all of NSW onto a large usb card ... and > > make it the repository ... so that maps will come up on the screen as I > > wish. > > > > Can anyone help with this ... > > > > Richard > > Navit does wonderfully on my eeepc 701 - the original tiny one > with the modest sized database for all of australia on a SD card > runs on Crunchbang Linux which I find sleek enough for the processor >
I did also have tangogps running on same with gprs for internet but you have to keep on downloading tiles - its not as convenient I had a photo, but as it showed me doing 110 in a 100 zone its not for public viewing ;-) _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
