[ gpsdrive ] NASA maps

[Joerg Ostertag (Tettnang)]

As what I remember,  the NASA Support should still work. But it is a long time 
and a lot of Codechanges ago since I tested this. Last time I tried it, i had 
to convert the maps with gdal to be able to use it.
If you search in the mailinglist-archives, you might find the last 
conversation about this.

If you get it working, please drop us a note, so we can change the README. 
Maybe we can still get it working...

-

Joerg


On Sonntag 27 Juli 2008, Rikard Johnels wrote:
> On Sunday 27 July 2008 02:28, Christoph Metz wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > you can try using gpsfetch.pl to get the landmap maps(are these the NASA
> > maps?).
> >
> > Just call gpsfetchmap.pl without any parameters for help. If you have
> > any further question don't bother to ask.
> >
> > Christoph
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Rikard Johnels <rikard.j at rikjoh.com> 
wrote:
> > > I am new to GPSDrive, and i was wondering if the NASA maps still work?
> > > I cant seem to find, let alone download the suggested maps.
> > > The URL's in the readme doesnt work. Atleast not for me.
> > > I tried looking for the maps elsewhere, and fount the mirrors.arsc.edu
> > > server taht hosts some NASA maps.
> > > But i dont seem to be able to get the right ones..
> > > GPSDrive loads the map i renamed in  .gpsdrive/nasamaps
> > > But all i get in the viewport is "static". A grey image full of bitmap
> > > noise.
> > >
> > > I am running it (version 2.09) on SLED 10 sp1 for those interested.
> > > Using a BU-353 USB GPS Reciever.
> > >
> > > /Rikard Johnels
> > >
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> That works nicely.
> But i am interested in the NASA topology sets as an experiment for a
> search-and-rescue application me and some ppl are tinkering with.
>
> Which of the maps under http://mirrors.arsc.edu/nasa/ am i to use ??
>
> Is any of the world_500m maps suitable?



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Jörg

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