Re: F8 and a GPS -

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:54:40 -0400, Bob Goodwin USA wrote:

I have a Magellan 3100 GPS device that came with a USB cable and a
collection of Windows software on a CD.

Is there an application for F8 that will permit me to communicate with
it. At first I thought I would just plug it in and extract coordinate
information for my present position but it's not that easy.

It would be even more convenient if I could list a destination address
from the computer keyboard instead of using the little touch screen
which doesn't really seem designed for normal human sized finger tips.

It does show up on my XFCE desk top when plugged in and I can list some
files, none of which seem to be usable in Linux.

Can I do anything with it via Linux?

Wine 1.0 is out at last; so it's possible you can at last -- with
it or CrossoverOffice. If you do, please post how here, with a large
fanfare.

I have Garmins, with software from Garmin, Maptech, Topo.com, and
Delorme -- and I have <curse, snarl, screech> a machine I can run XP on
just for that.

Two or three years ago, I worked long and hard, with this list
and two or three others including CrossoverOffice, to manage under linux.
I managed to get two of the four suites of software to run under Fedora
-- but never did get any of them to talk to any of my Garmins.

There *are* also several linux-native apps -- if you're Alpha
Plus Technoid enough to use them. Last time I tried, it took not only a
lot more linux-savvy than I've got, but something like a graduate degree
in cartography besides.

Good luck! And please report in exhaustive detail. Pretty please.

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