[ gpsdrive ] No developer question, but a question about an older version of gpsdrive

[Thomas Schönhütl]

Hello,
> Am Mittwoch, 17. Oktober 2007 21:42:04 schrieb Thomas Schönhütl:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I use gpsdrive-2.10pre2 
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>
> A little bit outdated, but if it works for you ....
> Otherwise you might try gpsdrive-2.10pre4 ?
>   
I use Slackware 9.1 on the Libretto because of the former xf86-system 
(xorg consumes about 10 % more CPU). gpsdrive 2.10pre4 doesn't compile 
on Slackware 9.1. And the version 2.10pre2 works like a charm with 
gpsdrive and festival as sound server. Then the CPU is running about 75 
%. This is no problem for battery and temperature.
>> on a Toshiba Libretto CT100 (266 MHz, 64 MB RAM, 
>> 4GB CF-Card as IDE) running with Slackware. 
>>     
>
> Sounds like a nice little combination.
>   
Yes, indeed. 9"-TFT display, sound and beneath gpsdrive also usable for 
internet, wlan, music, pictures and videos.
>> I use autogenerated routes 
>> via maquest.de and convert the routes with a shellscript out of the
>> webpage into a way-routename.txt and a way-routename.dsc for festival
>> soundserver.
>>     
>
> You learn new things every day ;-) I didn't know gpsdrive can handle it's 
> own .dsc file for festival and routes ...
>   
Before I found mapquest.de (the only online route planner which has the 
latitude and longitude in its page source) I used a MarcoPolo route 
planner to create routes and exported them as way-route.txt and 
way-route.dsc to gpsdrive. But with the mapquest solution I am able to 
run linux only on the Libretto and I need no harddisk. The CF-card with 
4 GB is large enough to hold maps for germany and austria in 8 scales 
(Slackware and the maps need about 2,5 GB of the card).
> In gpsdrive.h you 'll find
> #define ROUTEREACH (0.02+10*current.groundspeed/(3600*milesconv))
>
> and in route.c:
>       if (d <= ROUTEREACH || route.forcenext)
>
> This should bring you one step closer...
>   
I will try to edit these lines to have a different behaviour of gpsdrive.
>> Any help is appreciated and I thank you for your efforts!
>>     
>
> I hope this helps. 
> And if you're successfull; a patch and a description on how to do it is 
> welcome.
Thank you very much for your help, I will report about my efforts and 
may be good results!

So long,

Thomas Schönhütl.