[Xastir] Linux turn by turn Navigation/Mapping Software?

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Frank - KG6JVE wrote:

>
> I'm a long time Linux user, since kernel .9x something. One application
> for Linux I'm unable to find:
>
> I'm looking for turn by turn navigation solution that runs in Linux.
> Something that does not require an Internet connection, like M$ MapPoint,
> Delorme and all the others. Does anything like this exist?
>
> If I can find something, I'll be able to run Xastir in my car. Then I
> wouldn't need to have two laptops in my Suburban, One for Kismet and one
> for MapPoint: http://www.pasadena.net/projects/auto.htm
>
> Every few months I go out and look for something, I've been dissapointed
> for years now. :-(
>
> What is preventing someone from developing this? I'm sure there would be
> plenty of demand for such a product. Am I as frustrated as everyone else?
> Or have I missed something?

if you missed it, so did i. basically i don't know enough about graph
theory to do it, but that's not the real stumbling block for me: i need an
implementation light enough to run on my linux-arm car stereo, which means
i need an efficient way to store data. if i could figure out the details
i'd have attempted something by now; given that i only use 2 applications
(gpsapp for the empeg, and xastir on my laptop) i'd have something that
works with both.