using GPS devices in linux?

[John Voigt]

C M Reinehr eloquently noted, on 11/05/2007 11:14 AM:

> On Sunday 04 November 2007 23:01, 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.

So far I've found this to be the case.

>> Has anyone had any experience using a GPS device without Windows?
> 
> This is a coincidence as I was thinking of asking this same question this 
> morning. I just acquired a new laptop and would like to install GPS location 
> & mapping software, myself. I can contribute only a few links this morning:
> 
> Linux Applications for GPS Navigation:
> http://tuxmobil.org/linux_gps_navigation_applications.html
> 
> GpsDrive ??? Navigation Software for Linux:
> http://www.gpsdrive.de/
> 
> GPS Navigation Devices - Linux Compatibility Survey:
> http://tuxmobil.org/gps_linux_survey.html

Nice.

> but as I learn more I'll share.

Please do!

I've just started to look into this, but haven't gotten very far yet. I recently
received a Garmin GPSmap 76CSx as a birthday present, and have been using it at
work for mine mapping (actually I intended it for my Canada fishing trips,
but...). It is an excellent handheld mapping GPS unit, and at least under
Windows there are a lot of ancillary apps to make the most of it. I'm not too
familiar with the mobile units.

As noted in Roger's previous post, we use some of the Trimble stuff here at work
(mostly the super-accurate surveying stuff) but even the handhelds are waaaay
out of my price range.

It would be nice if Garmin would start making software for Linux available - or
at least making the mapsets in a format where someone could make a Mapsource
equivalent to deal with the data. There may be such a thing, but I haven't found
it yet.

L8R,

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