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Re: installing on Ubuntu
by Ross Scanlon
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Hi David,
Current version works well with raster maps (png or what ever).
I have mapnik/postgres installed but when that runs out in remote areas
change to raster maps.
Maybe I need to look at writing up a howto on how to install without
mapnik and just using raster maps.
Cheers
Ross
>
> Thanks Ross, maybe I'll give it a try. Did so some months ago following
> what looked like an earlier version and it was certainly not easy. Now,
> I was installing onto kubuntu then and lots of the undocumented problems
> seemed to relate to things Gnome may put there. I started keeping a list
> of the problems but soon gave up! But did get it working.
> It really is a very complicated install. Fine for people actively
> working on the project (thanks Guys !) but maybe too much for people
> like me who would like a play with GPSDrive occasionally. My laptop is a
> work tool 99% of its time. For example, I don't really want postgres
> installed and running by default just to get OSM. OSM is cool but does
> not show the map content I want to see. The earlier versions of GPSDrive
> that needed only PNG images, easily made from ecw maps was great but a
> bit buggy.
> Anyway, thanks for your time, please don't see my comments as
> complaints, far from it. Its important the developers of something as
> great as GPSDrive get some feedback from "ordinary users" as well as
> close team members.
>
> And it is a great project !
>
> David
>
>
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Current version works well with raster maps (png or what ever).
I have mapnik/postgres installed but when that runs out in remote areas
change to raster maps.
Maybe I need to look at writing up a howto on how to install without
mapnik and just using raster maps.
Cheers
Ross
>
> Thanks Ross, maybe I'll give it a try. Did so some months ago following
> what looked like an earlier version and it was certainly not easy. Now,
> I was installing onto kubuntu then and lots of the undocumented problems
> seemed to relate to things Gnome may put there. I started keeping a list
> of the problems but soon gave up! But did get it working.
> It really is a very complicated install. Fine for people actively
> working on the project (thanks Guys !) but maybe too much for people
> like me who would like a play with GPSDrive occasionally. My laptop is a
> work tool 99% of its time. For example, I don't really want postgres
> installed and running by default just to get OSM. OSM is cool but does
> not show the map content I want to see. The earlier versions of GPSDrive
> that needed only PNG images, easily made from ecw maps was great but a
> bit buggy.
> Anyway, thanks for your time, please don't see my comments as
> complaints, far from it. Its important the developers of something as
> great as GPSDrive get some feedback from "ordinary users" as well as
> close team members.
>
> And it is a great project !
>
> David
>
>
_______________________________________________
GPSdrive mailing list
GPSdrive@...
http://lists.gpsdrivers.org/mailman/listinfo/gpsdrive
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