hi !
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Bob Goodwin USA
<bobgoodwin(a)wildblue.net> wrote:
I have a Magellan 3100 GPS device that came with a USB cable and a
collection of Windows software on a CD.
Is there an application for F8 that will permit me to communicate with it.
At first I thought I would just plug it in and extract coordinate
information for my present position but it's not that easy.
It would be even more convenient if I could list a destination address from
the computer keyboard instead of using the little touch screen which doesn't
really seem designed for normal human sized finger tips.
It does show up on my XFCE desk top when plugged in and I can list some
files, none of which seem to be usable in Linux.
Can I do anything with it via Linux?
install gpsbabel ..
$ yum install gpsbabel
this is the best utility that you can get to communicate with your gps device .
If you are on mapping then use josm[1] to edit and create maps .
[1]
http://josm.openstreetmap.de/
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