FreeBSD and Sat Navs

[Jamie White]

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Hi
Personally, I would ask that question in a big Linux forum, then if you find
a Linux app, port it to BSD.
Jamie

On 11/24/06, Dave Gallagher <david.gallagher at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I've decided I need (want!!) a Sat. Nav.
>
> I'll not go into all the gory details of why the sudden decision other
> than to
> moan about "Clear" road atlases only being "clear" because they left out
> all
> the small villages which doesn't make them much use when it's a small
> village
> one is trying to find.
>
> Anyway, I've got no idea what sat nav systems are available or why they
> might
> need to be attached to a PC at times or if there's any benefit to it being
> attachable to a PC.
>
> So, instead of going off and finding dozens if not hundreds of different
> deals
> I thought I'd start by asking if anyone here uses one and if it's worth
> looking for one which can be updated/adjusted/fiddled with or whatever via
> FreeBSD.
>
> I assume they can all work perfectly fine standalone without ever coming
> within spitting distance of a PC, but many seem to have USB connectors,
> bluetooth, memory cards etc so would like to make sure I don't end up with
> a
> pig in a poke.
>
> Money *is* an object in this case. :-)
> --
> Dave
>
>
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Jamie

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Hi<br>
Personally, I would ask that question in a big Linux forum, then if you find a Linux app, port it to BSD.<br>
Jamie<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/24/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dave Gallagher</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:david.gallagher at blueyonder.co.uk">david.gallagher at blueyonder.co.uk</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I've decided I need (want!!) a Sat. Nav.<br><br>I'll not go into all the gory details of why the sudden decision other than to<br>moan about &quot;Clear&quot; road atlases only being &quot;clear&quot; because they left out all
<br>the small villages which doesn't make them much use when it's a small village<br>one is trying to find.<br><br>Anyway, I've got no idea what sat nav systems are available or why they might<br>need to be attached to a PC at times or if there's any benefit to it being
<br>attachable to a PC.<br><br>So, instead of going off and finding dozens if not hundreds of different deals<br>I thought I'd start by asking if anyone here uses one and if it's worth<br>looking for one which can be updated/adjusted/fiddled with or whatever via
<br>FreeBSD.<br><br>I assume they can all work perfectly fine standalone without ever coming<br>within spitting distance of a PC, but many seem to have USB connectors,<br>bluetooth, memory cards etc so would like to make sure I don't end up with a
<br>pig in a poke.<br><br>Money *is* an object in this case. :-)<br>--<br>Dave<br><br><br>------ FreeBSD UK Users' Group&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;Mailing List ------<br><a href="http://listserver.uk.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-users">
http://listserver.uk.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-users</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jamie

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