Hi all. As a motorcycle enthusiast, I've got an itch for a GPS unit that will mount on my handlebars and save me from ever trying to fold a road map again. Not to mention my propensity for getting lost.
As a Free Software enthusiast, I'm wary of electronic doo-dads which won't talk to my Debian boxen, or which will do so only to limited extent. I'd hate to buy a spiffy new GPS unit only to find that I've just paid for a bunch of features that I'll only be able to use if I set up a Winders box. For example I hear that the Garmin line comes with a Windows app which lets you view maps, plot routes and so forth, and send data back and forth from the GPS over USB. I did find gpstrans (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpstrans), which is encouraging. Has anyone had experience with this or any other GNU-friendly means of managing a GPS device? Any brand preferences, gotchas, or other words of advice? My googling efforts thus far have been mostly inconclusive. Thanks much, --michael -- # Michael Jinks, IB # JFI/MRSEC/EFI Computing # University of Chicago # Reader! Think not that technical information ought not be called speech; -- Anonymous, "How to decrypt a DVD" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
