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Re: gps and linux?



Matt Price wrote:
i'm about to take off on a long road trip through the us and am
planning the technological elements.  I'm looking for advice on
purchasing a gps unit.  If possible, i'd love to get something that
ran Free software, or was at least intercompatible with my debian &
ubuntu based machines.  we will probably have a laptop hooked up for
watching video/playing music, and could either run a gps card off of
that laptop or have a standalone unit, whichever seems to be a better
idea.  the set up has to be usable not just by me but by my nongeek
family members.  has anyone done this/have a suggestion?
there's apparently some pretty good, free, mapping software for the Nokia N770 (now superseded by the N800) - these are handheld devices that run a Debian-derived o/s, and talk both wifi and bluetooth - so you need a bluetooth phone and a bluetooth gps unit to go with it

Miles



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