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| author | Sebastian Arcus <s.arcus@open-t.co.uk> | 2016-08-11 13:28:29 +0100 |
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| committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2016-08-13 07:22:19 +0700 |
| commit | 61367802ae2e41acaa7fbe053cf3e67f035af59f (patch) | |
| tree | d5d206cd3a155ff84f9c567f50bf2a82b8e1659b /gis/navit/README | |
| parent | d918938576ee3dbac301d24056bdc8c931c73701 (diff) | |
gis/navit: Added (gps navigation system with routing engine)
Signed-off-by: David Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/gis/navit/README b/gis/navit/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..e84ee90aee522 --- /dev/null +++ b/gis/navit/README @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Navit (gps navigation system with routing engine) + +Navit is an open source and free, modular, touch +screen friendly, car navigation system with GPS tracking, realtime +routing engine and support for various vector map formats. + +Navit runs on Linux, Windows, Windows CE, Mac OS, Android, iPhone and +webOS. It can use maps from OpenStreetMap and Garmin, among others - +which can be stored offline - so it doesn't need an Internet connection +while in use. + +If you want to use a gps receiver device with Navit, such as a usb gps +dongle, you will probably want to install the gpsd package as well. + +Navit can be used with maps from the OpenStreetMap project +(www.openstreetmap.org). To do this, you will have to download a map +for offline use, using the Navit Planet extractor at: + http://maps.navit-project.org + +Further details on the project's page and wiki at: + http://www.navit-project.org + +Optional dependencies: gpsd |