GPS - For Linux op system

[nopanic - neil]

OK - Question for you techies out there.

I have now got a Asus Eee PC, which runs on Linux.

I have read that people have set it up for car computer (carputer) for using as  agood GPS system.

Does any body know about Linux and the best route planning software and also the best GPS locator thingy?

Want to set it up like this  - then I can get world maps andthen set up for life, of till I drop the pc.

[Lawnmower Man]

I've looked at various bits of GPS software for Linux over the years. 

They tend to have a common theme.  "They will be great when they are complete.".

If you want a good GPS then get a Tom Tom it's a lot cheaper than an Eee plus a GPS.
Though if you have both then it's just what price you put on your time to get it working.

In a plane GPS is good cos you only want numbers  like Bearing Distance to the next waypoint and your trak and your ETA at the waypoint.

In a car they are not really so good.  IMHO.   They will tell you where you are. But they are not that hot at telling you how to get where you want to get.
Sure they will get you there.  But I think they are a bit dumb in the way they do it. 

If you find a good solution be sure to post it here.

t.

[rcutler]

I've looked at various bits of GPS software for Linux over the years. 

They tend to have a common theme.  "They will be great when they are complete.".

If you want a good GPS then get a Tom Tom it's a lot cheaper than an Eee plus a GPS.
Though if you have both then it's just what price you put on your time to get it working.

In a plane GPS is good cos you only want numbers  like Bearing Distance to the next waypoint and your trak and your ETA at the waypoint.

In a car they are not really so good.  IMHO.   They will tell you where you are. But they are not that hot at telling you how to get where you want to get.
Sure they will get you there.  But I think they are a bit dumb in the way they do it. 

If you find a good solution be sure to post it here.

t.

I have to agree with Tom there, even if he spends his whole life advertising the company by saying his first name 

I have a TomTom Go 720 and it really is the Dogs Bollocks! Everywhere I need to go including central Brussels it is absolutly bang on! The new range of TomTom's also have mapshare. When a user updates the system to state a road has changed, TomTom upload it to all devices, clever eh!

Being a field service engineer I nearly rely on my TomTom. I have had a PDA and GPS but gave up on it.

[LangTall]

I've looked at various bits of GPS software for Linux over the years. 

They tend to have a common theme.  "They will be great when they are complete.".

If you want a good GPS then get a Tom Tom it's a lot cheaper than an Eee plus a GPS.
Though if you have both then it's just what price you put on your time to get it working.

In a plane GPS is good cos you only want numbers  like Bearing Distance to the next waypoint and your trak and your ETA at the waypoint.

In a car they are not really so good.  IMHO.   They will tell you where you are. But they are not that hot at telling you how to get where you want to get.
Sure they will get you there.  But I think they are a bit dumb in the way they do it. 

If you find a good solution be sure to post it here.

t.

I have to agree with Tom there, even if he spends his whole life advertising the company by saying his first name 

I have a TomTom Go 720 and it really is the Dogs Bollocks! Everywhere I need to go including central Brussels it is absolutly bang on! The new range of TomTom's also have mapshare. When a user updates the system to state a road has changed, TomTom upload it to all devices, clever eh!

Being a field service engineer I nearly rely on my TomTom. I have had a PDA and GPS but gave up on it.

I still have a PDA with GPS, the reliability depends on the software you use on it. As I have TomTom on the PDA, only time I had a problem with it was when the connectioncable for the GPS-receiver was broken. Wassolved by buying a bluetooth receiver.

[Petra]

They tend to have a common theme.  "They will be great when they are complete.".

It's a Linux thing

[Petra]

I don't know if you're any good with soldering, but surfing around for something to do I stumbled upon this. Don't know if it's gonna work with Linux though.