[lug] Linux compatible GPS?

[Jonathan Corbet]

On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:36:21 -0600
"Elyse M. Grasso" <emgrasso at data-raptors.com> wrote:

> I'm going to Europe for a couple of weeks next month and will only have access 
> to my Linux netbook. 
> 
> Can anyone recommend a GPS that isn't dependent on non-linux PCs? (Good 
> support for walking tours would be a plus. My TomTom is more automobile 
> oriented.)

Maybe not the answer you want but: an Android 2.2 phone.  I've used
mine to get around in a number of European cities (I'm in Nuremberg as
I type) to great effect.  In most countries you can get pay-as-you-go
SIMs with quite reasonably priced data access, and it all works nicely.

jon

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