[talk-au] Making a Laptop GPS

[Eraina and Richard jenkins]

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


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Eraina and Richard Jenkins
Canberra,  AU
'linux on a Mac: delightful'
Skype:  richardirena
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