Scott Bronson tag:blog.rinspin.com,2005:Typo Typo 2006-05-15T07:00:43-07:00 bronson urn:uuid:62116ee0-dbd5-43b0-bbf9-16439e74c169 2005-11-14T08:00:00-08:00 2006-05-15T07:00:43-07:00

<p>(notes) A quick rundown of the mapping packages that I&#8217;m aware of. None of these quite serve my needs but Roadster looks very promising.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://gpsdrive.kraftvoll.at/">gpsdrive</a>: raster-based maps. Downloads maps from Expedia so they look nice but you pretty much require a full-time internet connection. With some effort you can use the Blue Marble satellite data set from Nasa but then you lose the street names. Development appears stalled.</li> <li><a href="http://roadmap.digitalomaha.net/">roadmap</a>: vector-based maps. Useful but the GUI and the maps it generates are fairly ugly. Development appears stalled.</li> <li><a href="http://www.navsys.org/">navsys</a>: Has a very useful car-friendly GUI. Excellent bearing and satinfo display on the main page. Development is slow but still appears active.</li> <li><a href="http://gmap.sourceforge.net">GMap</a>: Looks promising. Requires Mono.</li> <li><a href="http://linuxadvocate.org/projects/roadster/">Roadster</a>: Produces the most beautiful maps I&#8217;ve seen, better than Expedia and Google maps. Might be stalling&#8230;? GPS stuff is currently broken.</li> </ul>

<p>(notes) A quick rundown of the mapping packages that I&#8217;m aware of. None of these quite serve my needs but Roadster looks very promising.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://gpsdrive.kraftvoll.at/">gpsdrive</a>: raster-based maps. Downloads maps from Expedia so they look nice but you pretty much require a full-time internet connection. With some effort you can use the Blue Marble satellite data set from Nasa but then you lose the street names. Development appears stalled.</li> <li><a href="http://roadmap.digitalomaha.net/">roadmap</a>: vector-based maps. Useful but the GUI and the maps it generates are fairly ugly. Development appears stalled.</li> <li><a href="http://www.navsys.org/">navsys</a>: Has a very useful car-friendly GUI. Excellent bearing and satinfo display on the main page. Development is slow but still appears active.</li> <li><a href="http://gmap.sourceforge.net">GMap</a>: Looks promising. Requires Mono.</li> <li><a href="http://linuxadvocate.org/projects/roadster/">Roadster</a>: Produces the most beautiful maps I&#8217;ve seen, better than Expedia and Google maps. Might be stalling&#8230;? GPS stuff is currently broken.</li> </ul>