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jordanwb

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2008-07-01

Posts: 151

Good map software for Linux?

The only reason I have windows on my laptop is because I haven't yet found Map software for Linux. Know of any good ones?

amdarch64

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Registered: 2008-06-02

Posts: 67

Re: Good map software for Linux?

Google Earth ?

http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

Download Google Earth 4.3 (beta) for PC, Mac or Linux

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jordanwb

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2008-07-01

Posts: 151

Re: Good map software for Linux?

I don't have my cable modem with me while I'm in the car. I guess it's my fault I wasn't specific enough.

Last edited by jordanwb (2008-07-04 23:10:46)

jimmy512

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From: London

Registered: 2008-05-25

Posts: 16

Re: Good map software for Linux?

Marble for kde4 uses openstreetmap. I dont know if it requires an internet connection though, and I dont know how detailed the mapping is.

forestranger

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Registered: 2007-02-21

Posts: 8

Re: Good map software for Linux?

If you are talking about GIS, try GRASS, QGIS, and uDig.  Try googling for others.

festgreifaah

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Registered: 2006-06-12

Posts: 51

Re: Good map software for Linux?

There are gosmore, navit and gpsdrive, which can use xmldata from openstreetmap. So there's no internet connection necessary.

I didn't try gpsdrive. Using navit I couldn't search for streets. The handling of gosmore is quite different, since you can't drag the map.

There is also a possibility to download openstreetmap tiles for offline usage with OpenLayers. Basically it should be usable with other map services, too. But you only have a map without any searching capabilites.