On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 20:59:29 +1000 Eraina and Richard jenkins <richardvk...@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. -- Ross Scanlon <i...@4x4falcon.com> _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au