[ale] [WAY THE HELL OFF TOPIC] -- but accurate

[Tom Freeman]

The best Linux based GPS navigation/routing/what have you solution?

I got really fond of my old Nokia 810 bluetooth linked to an external 
receiver. I disremember the map program, but it provided much 
entertainment for some elderly children that I get to cart around (elderly 
being 75+). Take it up to the maximum resolution of the program, hand off 
the device, and drive two or three laps around a roundabout to much 
pleasure of said elders. It also had a very nice speedometer/odometer 
which made it dead simple to check the vehicle's equipement every so 
often.

It should be possible to recreate the device with either a raspberrypi or 
beaglebone black, 7" or 10" touch screen (older eyes seem to _really_ like 
bigger screens) and appropriate gps and wireless modules. It really should 
be a project that even I should be able to do.


On Sat, 16 Aug 2014, JD wrote:

> On 08/16/2014 07:16 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>> On 08/15/2014 05:29 PM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>>> I've done the I-10 drive all the way from Mobile to Los Angeles which means I went across the widest part of Texas.  On other trips I've done the I-20 drive from where it starts in GA to where it ends (merging with I-20) near Carlsbad NM.   On the LA trip when I came back I did it across I-40 which I've now driven all the way from where it begins on one coast (North Carolina) to the other (California).
>>>
>>> I've been on I-40 through there more than once (going to the Grand Canyon, the LA trip, and Las Vegas trip to name a few.   It goes through the northern panhandle of Texas and near Amarillo there is a major stockyard you pass.    In late July you know you're approaching the stockyard long before you see it and are still aware of it long after it is no longer in your rearview mirror.
>>>
>> what about I-70?? I went that-a-way from DC to LA.. came out ( ok, 40+
>> years ago) I-20..
>>
>
> Don't people fly for anything over 6 hrs drive? If you run the numbers, flying
> is actually cheaper.
>
> OTOH, I did drive to Orlando and Dayton this year (personal enrichment vacation
> trips) - flew to SA and rented a car there for Austin, Shiner side trips.
>
> When I was a kid, we drove from Warner Robbins, GA to Santa Barbara, CA ... but
> there were 9 of us and a dog going. The airfare and hotel costs were more than
> buying a new 24' travel trailer and driving almost everyone cross-country to
> visit the grandparents.
>
> So ... to get back on topic - what are the best GPS solutions for Linux systems
> - I'm thinking laptop/netbook type, not android though I use FreeNAV).
>
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