I orded a cheap bluetooth gps unit off deal extreame ( http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.25563 ) which arrived today.
So it took a while to install bluetooth and gps software to my eeepc, but it works now, and I've taken it for a test run. I plan to use it to map out some of the smaller towns outside christchurch, which don't have airal photo coverage, like leeston and southbridge.
Also, I hope to combine it with my eeepc and some yet to be written custom software to make a sweet gps navigation device. I'm thinking opengl baised real time rendering. I'll continue thinking about it.
Discussion
Kommentti käyttäjältä Riccardo Stagni 3. June 2009 klo 14.51
if you use linux, try navit. It uses vectorial data, have a gl-based interface and a lot of other features:
http://navit.sourceforge.net/
ciao
Riccardo
Kommentti käyttäjältä Antwelm 3. June 2009 klo 15.37
Doesn't Merkaator or JOSM have functionality for this ? I was thinking about exactly the same setup today... Realtime drawing/entering data..
Kommentti käyttäjältä Skippern 4. June 2009 klo 01.05
Going to make my own navigator device as well, doesn't hurt to combine forces :D
Kommentti käyttäjältä KenWalker 18. June 2009 klo 06.58
Hello phire, glad to see your comments. I have a Holux GPSSlim240 and an eeePc running ubuntu remix. It has bluetooth and I have managed to get it connected to a bluetooth phone and a Nokia N800 but I am having trouble getting it set up to link to the gps. Any quick tips on how you got it working? Thanks.