Linux GPS program

[Jay R. Ashworth]

This one time, in band camp,
  Bernhard Reiter <bernhard at abnoba.intevation.de> wrote:
> In article <slrn9c1p9t.d3g.jra at dorothy.msas.net>,
> 	jra at dorothy.msas.net (Jay R. Ashworth) writes:
> > This one time, in band camp,
> >   Russell Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com> wrote:
> >> "Jay R. Ashworth" wrote:
> 
> >> > Any plans to do vector map data as well?  
> >> 
> >> I'm pretty ignorant here.  What sources of vector information are there,
> >> how big is the dataset, and how do I render it so I can use lat/lon or
> >> easting/northing to get my location?
> > 
> > There are *stunning* amounts of vector data, all in different formats. 
> 
> I agree, though most proprietory.

No, actually, I'd bet some cash that the largest collection by size is
the combined efforts of the US Govenment.  That's (almost) all free.

> > I'm trying to (get time cleared up to) sort some of that all out even
> > as I type.
> 
> The shapefile format is used for a couple of things.
> Check www.freegis.org for several libraries dealing with it
> (and other gps packages, btw).
> There is a python wrapper for the shapereading library.

Yeah, I saw that.

Cheers,
-- jra
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