Connecting E-trex to ASUS EEE PC 701

[wayne's 80]

Hi all,
I've read the other posts in the Linux section and have to admit that I'm more confused than I was before.

So.......... keeping it really simple and not including any COGES
( COmputer GEek Speek)

1. What is the best program to use on the 701 connected to the E-trex?
2. What are the best map series to use for off road and country track work? We have a Navigator 7000 for city mapping.

I know this is taking it to a really basic level, being very new to Linux makes this necessary.

Cheers,
Wayne & Sally.

[KevL]

Hi all,

1. What is the best program to use on the 701 connected to the E-trex?

Cheers,
Wayne & Sally.


It will assist if you could explain exactly what you want to achieve.

If you want to simply upload and download maps and waypoints QLandkarte will do the job.

If you give some more info others may be able to assist more.


Kev

[wayne's 80]

Hi Kev,
Thank you for taking the time to reply to my question.
What I want the program to do is to act as a moving map base for when we are off road or in out of the way places where the city nav programs are limited in their coverage. As indicated in my introduction, the 701 was to be used as a platform for photo storage and transfer. It began to head in an alternate direction with a "what if" type of thought.... what if the 701 could be hooked up to the E-trex and loaded with a mapping program and maps for our off road excursions. The 701's small physical size and solid state hard drive made this an interesting direction to explore, and hence the question.

I've not heard of QLandkarte, so I will be doing some information seeking on this program.

Again, many thanks for your reply.
Cheers,
Wayne & Sally.

[KevL]

I don't have an eee pc and I use Ubuntu, not xandros which the eee pc uses. I also haven't tried to implement a moving map solution.

Having said that, post 3 in this thread http://www.gpsaustralia.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4219 has a link to running oziexplorer under wine. It's a paid solution but ozi has enormous support.

Grege was working on an eeepc apparently so you could send him a private massage and see how he went.

Sorry I can't be more help at this time.


Kev

[grege]

As a dedicated Linux user it pains me to say that the simplest solution is to trash Xandros and put on Windows XP. Then get the freeware program gpsVPxp. This will allow the use of Google Maps and allow the loading of Shonkey Maps for off road. It will provide a moving map and suits the EeePC screen perfectly.

gpsVPxp does not work well under Wine on a Linux machine, the Google Maps download but will not display (although Shonky works fine). To get gpsVPxp working under Wine under Xandros is an exercise in patience and accurate typing of a series of command line entries in a terminal.

I have had Ozi working under Wine but I cannot say I tested it exhaustively.

Getting any GPS functionality under Xandros has been a pain in the butt.

I have an EeePC 900 and I trashed Xandros and installed Debian Lenny. I have gpsd loading on start up and it "hot plugs" - so when I plug in the USB GPS BU-353 it starts working. I use Viking for a moving map, but it has issues with Google Maps. You have to keep getting the latest version and compiling from source to keeps the map downloads working.

Other Linux programs such as GPSDrive and Navit are not much use in Australia as there aren't any useful maps that will load reliably.

The simple solution - Get Windows XP, gpsVPxp and a 4gb SD card to store the maps. There are many other programs you can buy if you go down that path, such as OziExplorer. The tricky bit is installing Windows, easy if you know someone with an external USB DVD drive.

ps avoid big SD cards unless you are willing to upgrade the EeePC bios. I have a 16gb card and it works well, but I had to upgrade the bios first.