[K12OSN] OT - Mapping software

[Micha Silver]

Barry Cisna wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> Just curious if anyone on the board here has found a decent mapping
> software for Linux? I have tried RoadNav/(Navit) but it is just too
> clunky for decent functionality. I am sure the developers have put in a
> lot of time getting this software to the point it is. I tried making an
> install of M$ Streets and Trips (2009) but it is just too heavy for wine
> to find all the bits to link to,etc. I am guessing using Google maps is
> just what will have to work? Was wanting something that trips could be
> figured up 'offline'. Thanks for any ideas. 
>
> Take Care,
> Barry Cisna
>
>   
Hello Barry:
If you're interested in mapping as in GIS, then there's a wealth of 
software to choose from. You might start at the osgeo.org or freegis.org 
websites to get an overview of the web mapping applications, desktop 
apps, databases etc.

Worthy of special mention is the OpenStreetMap project, a wiki-like data 
set of street maps and points of interest, collected and uploaded by 
users, and slowly expanding across the globe. OSM data can be viewed 
online and downloaded, viewed, and manipulated (i.e. add your own 
street...) with the desktop application QGIS and a GPS, using the 
OpenStreetMap plugin.

At the "high end" there's PostGIS, an enterprise class geo-enabled 
database, and GRASS, the grand daddy of FOSS GIS analysis.
 
If you're looking for a GPS routing program, based on OS software, I 
know there's something afoot. See:
http://industry.slashgeo.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/19/215236
but I don't know how far along they are.

Regards,
Micha

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