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A Better Breed of GPS Software?
willo asks: "I recently built an on board computer for my Grand Cherokee.
The initial uses for it include music, gps navigation, on board diagnostics and a baby cam so I can see how my kid is in that rear facing seat. After lots of research and testing, I'm really disappointed with the
mapping software out there for Linux. Gpsdrive provides the basic functionality I need, but the street names are built into the image and
are difficult to read at a glance while driving. Not to mention that it has to download the maps it needs ahead of time. Xastir can handle almost any map out there, but it reads through every map for each redraw! It also seems to lack the ability to zoom intelligently based on location. Note that it's not really designed to be a navigation aid, but rather a ham radio APRS tool. (I am a ham). Delorme Street Atlas USA does what I really want, but it's been a pain to make run properly under wine. Is anyone else out there working on a decent navigation application?"
Map Sources do exist for this! Bruce Perens made TIGER/line data availible. NAVTECH is the map source for pretty much all the vehicle navigation systems out there, and high resolution maps are availible from the Geographical Information Survey."
"To be really usable navigation software should do the following:
- handle maps efficiently and draw them quickly
- have intelligently organized map sets for countries/states. (You can't download a friggin map in the middle of Montana!)
- include serial gps/gpsd support. (just about everyone has this)
Map Sources do exist for this! Bruce Perens made TIGER/line data availible. NAVTECH is the map source for pretty much all the vehicle navigation systems out there, and high resolution maps are availible from the Geographical Information Survey."
first slug!
is this even remotely close to on topic for the 'baby cam, gps' post?
... but...
not to even broach your subject
why would any open source user use C#?! It's a language 'create' by micro$oft! and, you need the common runtime library for it anyway
and don't link your whole post
Don't feed the trolls.
OFFICIAL
TACO-SNOTTING
FAQ
By
J.
Wipo
Troll,
Esq.
, $Revision: 1.16 $
[This
article
attempts
to
document
a
vile
, ungodly
practice
that
runs
rampant
through
the
homosexual
geek
and
hacker
community,
a
practice
known
as
Taco-snotting,
or
simply
snotting.
Taco-snotting
is
something
that
few
geeks
dare
talk
about
in
free
or
open
conversation,
but
it
is
nonetheless
a
widely-practiced
and
dangerous
form
of
homosexuality.
If
you
or
anyone
you
know
has
ever
engaged
in
Taco-snotting,
please
get
professional
help
before
it
is
too
late.
ed.]
Why
do
I
keep
receiving
emails
from
an
individual
calling
himself
CmdrTaco?
You
have
been
receiving
unsolicited
mailings
from
a
certain
Robert
CmdrTaco
Malda,
owner
of
the
popular
technology
website
slashdot.org.
Actually,
its
not
a
very
popular
site
in
the
common
sense
of
the
word;
the
site
is
rife
with
pimply,
antisocial
geeks
and
hackers,
zit-faced
nerds,
communists,
dirty
GNU
hippies,
and
other
societal
rejects
and
outcasts.
Its
also
home
to
one
of
the
worlds
largest
suspected
pdophile
rings,
the
infamous
Slashdot
crew.
Whenever
Mr.
Malda
gets
bored
(and
who
wouldnt,
running
a
site
like
Slashdot
all
day),
he
roams
through
the
user
database,
penis
in
hand,
looking
for
people
who
might
enjoy
engaging
in
homosexual
activities
with
him.
How
he
determines
this
is
anyones
guess;
but
if
you
have
a
homosexual-sounding
nickname,
or
a
nick
with
a
letter
of
the
English
alphabet
in
it,
youre
a
potential
candidate.
This
time,
he
found
you.
Lucky
you.
Mr.
Malda
seems
to
be
speaking
in
some
sort
of
code.
Do
you
know
what
it
means?
CmdrTacos
code
language
is
relatively
easy
to
decipher.
This
pervert
prefers
to
speak
in
thinly-veiled
sexual
innuendo
(yes,
thats
right:
he
wants
you)
to
evade
the
watchful
eye
of
Slashdots
parent
corporation,
VA
Software.
Mr.
Maldas
Commander
is,
of
course,
his
penis:
a
small,
withered
little
thing
that
lives
in
his
pants
and
only
comes
out
in
the
presence
of
other
male
geeks
or
at
the
beck
and
call
of
Maldas
own
lubed-up
right
hand.
His
Taco
bells
are
the
shriveled
testicles
that
droop
beneath
his
Commander,
and
his
Taco
sauce
is
his
thin,
runny
semen.
It
should
be
more
than
obvious
to
you
now
what
he
means
if
he
asked
you
to
ring
his
Taco
bells
or
taste
his
gourmet
Taco
sauce.
I
would
also
guess
CmdrTaco asked
you to
engage
in
a
practice
known
as Taco-snotting
and,
if
he
was
in
a particularly
depraved mood
at
the
time,
a
circle-snot.
Good
Lord.
And,
yes,
he
did.
What
is
Taco-snotting?
Taco-snotting
is
the
term
used by
Robert
Malda
to
refer
to
the
depraved
act
of fellating
another
man
(homo-
or heterosexual;
CmdrTaco
is
rumoured
to
prefer raping
unwilling
victims),
then
blowing
the
semen out
his
nose
and
back
onto
the
face
and
body
of his
victim.
Naturally,
a
long,
bubbly
stream of
milky-white
semen
is
left
on
CmdrTacos
face,
dribbling out
of
his
nose
and
down his
cheek:
hence
the
term, Taco-snotting.
And
if
thats not
bad
enough
A
circle-snot is
a
Taco-snotting circle-jerk,
another
practice
common
among
the
Slashdot
crew.
CmdrTaco,
CowboiKneel,
and
Homos
get
together
and
snot each
other
with
their
gooey, sticky
cum
spooging
their
jizz-snot
all
over
each
others faces
and
pasty,
white
bodies,
until theyre
covered
head
to
toe
with their
own
and
each
others man
juice.
This
vile,
ungodly
ritual
can go on for hours.
.. BSD is dying!
We are all provided at birth with a high-capacity, dynamic computer called a brain.
Those equipped with a good brain who have clients so important that you sometimes have to drop everything and drive there at high speed MIGHT WANT TO KNOW HOW TO GET THERE!
Paper map is the way to go -- ever hear of a road atlas with indexes and city detail maps?
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK