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

[Jerry Chamberlin]

Thought, implement gzip to get maps, use the GNIS ?? the one that are all text
describing points, they gzip up real nice
Jwrry C

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> 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.
> 
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