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Re: [LUG] O/S Mapping Software

 

Viv Griffin wrote:
> I have recently been on a map reading course and would like to buy some 
> O/S mapping software (Memory Map is one example - 
> http://www.memory-map.com/) for plotting routes and creating custom 
> route maps. However, I can't find any software that will run under Linux.
> 
> I don't suppose that anyone knows of an application of this kind ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Viv
> 

Qgis will do this. http://www.qgis.org/ (hmm... server seems to be 
down).  You can import O/S 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 raster data tiles and 
create routes for uploading into gps, download tracklogs and poi's into 
it etc.

The problem is not so much the software but the data.  The O/S don't 
price their digital map data at a level affordable to the average human 
unless it is all wrapped up in an application like Memory Map and AFAIK 
impossible to export.

If you happen to work/study in a higher education institution things 
might be different as many subscribe to Digimap. http://edina.ac.uk/digimap/

Tony

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