On 10/5/07, Jason Winningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 5, 2007, at 8:48 AM, I wrote: > > >> http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/ > > > > Ah, this is more like it. At a glance: maps - so what? looks a lot > > like xastir (maybe they do a bit better job rendering labels). > > Keep looking: vector maps, rendered by the app, included routing, > > vector maps based on TIGER data. > > > Looks good, but I couldn't get enough data downloaded/converted to > try anything interested - got tired of it continuously bombing on the > mac. Oh well, another one bites the dust.
I wasn't able to get the roadnav deb package to install in andLinux, but I was able to compile it from source after installing wxwidgets from the ubuntu respository. Not a bad program - with the Tiger maps, they are labeling the highways better, and I like they way they display the minor streets at high zoom levels. However, it's the same old TigerMap problem at intermediate zoom levels - either no street labels at all or labels in a very tiny hard to read font depending on the exact zoom. The same view in Google, Mapquest, etc. shows the street names clearly. I don't care about looking really slick like Google does, but street labels that I can read are important. But the above is in the context of XASTIR and seeing APRS stations in certain views. Using Roadnav on a trip should be fine - can zoom in or out as needed - only need to track one vehicle. Overall I would say it's a pretty nice package. Lee-K5DAT Murphy, TX _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
