[TriLUG] gps solution

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:26:57 -0500, Michael Hrivnak
<mhrivnak at triad.rr.com> wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I'm the proud new owner of a Garmin eTrex Legend gps.  I'd like your advice on

Congratulations!  Have you see the website http://www.geocaching.com/ ? O:-)

> software to use with it.  I've already found Roadmap and Gpsdrive.  I'll be
> using it both for navigation in a car and on a sailboat.
> 
> Also, is there any software out there that will let me access saved tracks on
> the gps and put them on a nicer-looking map?

Look into Viking.  It will let you overlay tracks on both aerial and
topo maps downloaded from the net.  You'll probably also need 
GPSBabel (I think that's the right name) to download the tracks 
from your GPSr to the linux box.  If I recall correctly, Viking loads
the GPSBabel files directly.

Viking: http://gpsmaps.org/viking/
GPSBabel: http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net/

Cheers,
Tanner