[ gpsdrive ] Comparisons

[Matthew Polashek]

Also, it is much easier to download an entire trips worth of maps using 
roadnav from OMS.

Charles Curley wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 08:46:49AM +0200, Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
>   
>>>> Anyone willing to effort a comparison of GPSdrive and roadnav?  I'm 
>>>> interested in seeing each project's strengths and weaknesses.
>>>>         
>>> I use both, and that's what I recommend. They both play nicely with a
>>> recent gpsd. They are different enough that they compliment each other
>>> well.
>>>       
>> What does roadnav do?
>>     
>
> I assume you can google on "roadnav", so I won't repeat the
> obvious.
>
> * It depends on U.S. government data, so it's useful only in the
>   U.S. It will continue to run when you drive into Canada; it just
>   shows Alberta as a vast white space.
>
> * It's main advantage is that it provides routing, which gpsdrive does
>   not. But it is only as good as the data (which was never intended
>   for routing), so the routing is dicey.
>
> * You can tilt the view, to get a bird's eye view from "above" the
>   current position, which is cute.
>
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