[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu SatNav

[William Walter Kinghorn]

Hi Thinus, Wikus,

Make sure that you have added the Universe and Multiverse ( https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu )

start Synaptic and search for "gps", or "satellite gps" ( it is satellite - double l, not Satelite,  tried searching for Satelite - got nothing )

search "satellite gps" - GPStrans
search for "gps" - you will have to look at the search to decide which app is for you

look at things like
Navit - Navit is a car navigation system with routing engine.

Something else that you can do is start mapping roads, features, etc and put them on OpenStreetMap ( http://www.openstreetmap.org/ )

There is a OpenStreetMap ZA : WikiProject South Africa : http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_South_Africa

You can Subscribe to the OpenStreetMap Talk South Africa mailing list, look at above link to for it

William
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From: ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Wikus Cornelius [wikusc at gmail.com]
Sent: 13 August 2010 10:54
To: ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [ubuntu-za] Ubuntu SatNav

Greetings,

A friend of mine woul like to know:

Hi

I’m want to start playing with a GPS receiver on Ubuntu.
Thus, I am looking for  a good/nice SatNav (Satelite Navigation) software for Ubuntu.
Also, are there any commercial ones from the likes of Garmin or TomTom?

Or just any cool GPS applications.

Thanks

Thinus


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