[talk-au] Making a Laptop GPS

[Ross Scanlon]

On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 20:59:29 +1000
Eraina and Richard jenkins <richardvk1rj at gmail.com> 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.

If you have gpsdrive running then you can run mapnik directly to produce maps on the fly.

See here for detailed ubuntu instructions:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/gpsdrive/index.php?title=Installing

It's pretty much the same for all debian based installations.




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Ross Scanlon <info at 4x4falcon.com>