Bug#293734: RFP: roadmap -- Car navigation system with street maps using any standard GPS receiver
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : roadmap
Version : x.y.z
Upstream Author : Pascal Martin <pascal.martin@iname.com>
* URL : http://www.example.org/
* License : GPL
Description : Car navigation system with street maps using any standard GPS receiver
Home page: http://roadmap.digitalomaha.net/index.html
Screenshots: http://roadmap.digitalomaha.net/screenshots.html
Online manual: http://roadmap.digitalomaha.net/manual.html
Description from the project page:
RoadMap is an open source (GPL) program that provides a car navigation
for Linux and UNIX. It displays a map of the streets, tracks the
position provided by a NMEA-compliant GPS receiver, identifies the
street matching this GPS position and announces the name of the crossing
street at the next intersection. A rudimentary trip feature allows
RoadMap to display some basic navigation information (distance to the
destination, direction, speed, etc..). Voice messages are generated that
duplicate some of the screen information.
It is possible to display a specific area by providing a (complete or
incomplete) postal address, the intersection of two streets or an exact
position (longitude / latitude).
The map files used by RoadMap are generated from the TIGER files
provided by the US Census Bureau, and thus cover the USA only. The
RoadMap map format is a binary format that is sensitive to the
endianness of the processor. Maps available on this site cover all the
USA and have been generated for a little endian processor (such as the
Intel Pentium and StrongARM processors).
RoadMap has been designed to be usable on both a desktop or laptop PC,
or on a PDA such as the iPAQ from HP (formely from COMPAQ). It can use
either the Gtk 1.2 , Gtk 2.0 or QT graphic library for its user
interface. The Qt interface supports the Sharp's Zaurus PDA. All these
machines share the same endianness and can use the maps provided on this
site.
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