Can anyone suggest some Linux software (well, Debian to be exact!) for use with a geko 201? Initially I want to be able to create waypoints on a background map & load them onto the gps. I've just been having a look at GPSMan ( http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsman/ )but it seems to be horrendously complicated just to import a map. Perhaps I'm just getting ancient...
It would be nice to be able to download data from the gps & superimpose it on the map again after a trip.
I intend to use maps saved from the mario system ( http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ ). These are almost 1000 pixels square & I can save them in any raster format, I suppose, since they won't be leaving the pc. Certainly jpg or gif.
Of course, the Garmin software isn't of much use on Linux. :-(
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Can anyone suggest some Linux software (well, Debian to be exact!) for use with a geko 201? Initially I want to be able to create waypoints on a background map & load them onto the gps. I've just been having a look at GPSMan ( http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsman/ )but it seems to be horrendously complicated just to import a map. Perhaps I'm just getting ancient...
It would be nice to be able to download data from the gps & superimpose it on the map again after a trip.
I intend to use maps saved from the mario system ( http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/ ). These are almost 1000 pixels square & I can save them in any raster format, I suppose, since they won't be leaving the pc. Certainly jpg or gif.
Of course, the Garmin software isn't of much use on Linux. :-(
I've recently downloaded the free version of GPS Trackmaker. It's very easy to create maps on your own computer with stitching and to import them to Trackmaker. You can create waypoints and routes, review tracks etc.. It's less intuitive than Anquet but it works.
I've recently downloaded the free version of GPS Trackmaker. It's very easy to create maps on your own computer with stitching and to import them to Trackmaker. You can create waypoints and routes, review tracks etc.. It's less intuitive than Anquet but it works.
I tried to get that a couple of hours ago but it looks like the web site is down. Just checked it again. :-(
I've also got Trackview for linux but can't get it to run. It reports that libwx_gtk-2.4.so is missing even though there is a link to it by that name in usr/lib.
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I've just been having a look at GPSMan ( http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsman/ )but it seems to be horrendously complicated just to import a map. Perhaps I'm just getting ancient...
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You and me both. I think that GPSman has the potential to be very useful, but as with many things Linux, one has to spend hours that one doesn't necessarily have learning how to use them. It's what they call *the price* I'm afraid. I did once manage to calibrate a map tile with GPSman, but I have never managed to calibrate and use more than one.
Regards, Nick. -- Nick Hopton and Anne Hopton Caversham, Reading, England <[email hidden]>
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In a recent message <[email hidden]>, mick <[email hidden]> wrote.
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I've just been having a look at GPSMan ( http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsman/ )but it seems to be horrendously complicated just to import a map. Perhaps I'm just getting ancient...
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You and me both. I think that GPSman has the potential to be very useful, but as with many things Linux, one has to spend hours that one doesn't necessarily have learning how to use them. It's what they call *the price* I'm afraid. I did once manage to calibrate a map tile with GPSman, but I have never managed to calibrate and use more than one.
It looks so clever though... but I want to *use* it, not train in cartography! At least it runs though, unlike Trackview, which I've now persuaded to complain about a different file. Now *that* is a problem with linux (insufficient GTK support in Debian) wheras GPSman looks to me as if it has been written by a cartographer for use by other cartographers.
