[talk-au] Making a Laptop GPS

[Liz]

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  ;-)