Matt Price wrote:
> i'm about to take off on a long road trip through the us and am
> planning the technological elements. I'm looking for advice on
> purchasing a gps unit. If possible, i'd love to get something that
> ran Free software, or was at least intercompatible with my debian &
> ubuntu based machines. we will probably have a laptop hooked up for
> watching video/playing music, and could either run a gps card off of
> that laptop or have a standalone unit, whichever seems to be a better
> idea. the set up has to be usable not just by me but by my nongeek
> family members. has anyone done this/have a suggestion?
there's apparently some pretty good, free, mapping software for the
Nokia N770 (now superseded by the N800) - these are handheld devices
that run a Debian-derived o/s, and talk both wifi and bluetooth - so you
need a bluetooth phone and a bluetooth gps unit to go with it

Miles


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