Navigation Tools

Navigation Tools
A key application on the internet tablets is navigation. The N810 has a built-in GPS receiver the N770 and N800 can connect the GPS receiver over bluetooth with the NMEA interface

Maemo Mapper
Urls:
 * homepage

Pro:
 * Pretty stable application
 * Works by default with openstreetmap, but can also use commercial maps
 * The maps download is convenient within maemo mapper and maps can be stored on the device. No PC required.
 * Routing is possible but requires online connectivity.

Con:
 * works only with pixmaps (i.e. inefficient map storage)
 * routing requires online connection.

Gosmore
Urls:
 * homepage
 * maemo specific page

Pro:
 * uses vector data from openstreetmaps

Con:
 * Not yet stable
 * very few releases, little development progress visible, no routing yet,
 * map conversion from openstreetmap format to gosmore .pak format has to be done by user.
 * I did not get gpsd working.

Navit
Urls:
 * homepage
 * maemo specific page

Pro:
 * uses vector data from openstreetmaps
 * can do offline routing
 * 3D view
 * good touchscreen interface,
 * rich set of configuration options via an XML file
 * almost daily development releases, good progress

Con:
 * altough works already pretty reliable, no stable release yet,
 * configuration requires frequently modification of XML file in text editor
 * the default configuration is not good for the internet tablet (see the wiki page internet tablets configurations)
 * Little interaction with developers, no public development mailing list, little support on the user list.
 * No complete documentation.

Tips and Tricks: destination. A destination can either be set by pressing on the map and selecting "set as destination" from the appearing context menu, or via the address search.
 * the main communication channel for navit is on IRC. You will find the core hackers there as well as some users. See the navit Contacts page for details
 * it automatically routes if it has a gps fix and a
 * Configuration Files for the N8x0

Roadmap
Urls:
 * homepage
 * maemo garage page

Pro :
 * Use vector maps from OpenStreet Map
 * Rich configuration file not in XML
 * Good graphics on the tablet
 * Development of the software is active but the portage to the tablet is often two or three releases late

Con :
 * OpenStreet maps must be processed before use. There are a few procedures to do that on PC but sometimes they crash specially with big files.
 * Only one map at a time can be used

Roadnav
Urls:
 * homepage

I could not get it working so far, no updates on news site since two years.

Navicore
Urls:
 * homepage

I did not try it.