using GPS devices in linux?

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 21:01 -0800, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> Anyone here using GPS devices in Linux?  I'm considering purchasing
> either a handheld, or vehcile (car) mounted GPS for future travels.
> However, everything that i'm reading about the majority of them
> suggests that they are basically useless unless you can upload
> maps/routes/etc using their proprietary, Windows-only software.
> 
> Has anyone had any experience using a GPS device without Windows?

Professional ones like from Trimble, yes. We interface to them as part
of our inertial navigation system (gyroscopes, inclinometers, pulse
transducers). All runs on Linux. But then we are dealing with NMEA
records and have our own application.

As to personal navigation devices like Garmin, look at gpsdrive. I also
had a java-based interface that worked quite ok. I think there are a
number of Linux interfaces.

OOC, you want the software for loading maps and things, I guess. Or do
you want to collect the GPS data iself?

> 
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