Any free GPS software out there?

Posted on 05 July 2008 by Ben

19 Comments For This Post

1. Travis says:
   July 5th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

   There is free Linux GPS software but I never could get the text to speech working. That is why I put XP on my EeePC 702.

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2. Symark says:
   July 5th, 2008 at 8:40 pm

   http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=free+GPS+software&aq=f
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   All free GPS aps: http://www.maps-gps-info.com/fgpfw.html
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   http://mboffin.com/earthbridge/
   Earth Bridge is designed to bridge the gap between Google Earth and your GPS receiver

   Some other free GPS for windows:
   http://www.bettersoftware.co.uk/bsgps/BSGPS.aspx

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3. dingo says:
   July 5th, 2008 at 9:53 pm

   YOu can get a 14 day trial of iGuidance here:

   http://www.inavcorp.com/

   d

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4. Richard says:
   July 5th, 2008 at 10:00 pm

   How about google maps, rather than google earth?

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5. Neal Johns says:
   July 5th, 2008 at 10:14 pm

   Full GPS real tracking is in the Plus version ($20 a year).

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6. ben says:
   July 5th, 2008 at 10:23 pm

   Richard, Google Maps annoyingly only supports GPS in its mobile flavors (like on the Blackberry).

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7. raize221 says:
   July 6th, 2008 at 12:15 am

   GooPs is similar to EarthBridge but a little more feature-rich, though it has a few limitations with the free version…

   http://goopstechnologies.com/

   Though I have to personally recommend GPSMonitor:

   http://www.infixtechnologies.com/products/GPSMonitor/GPSMonitor.php

   It integrates with Google Maps and uses alot less memory which makes it great for UMPC’s (or in my case, making my pathetic laptop battery last as long as possible). There’s even an applet on their site that allows you to try it out without installing - though you do have to stay connected to the internet to use the applet.

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8. tovarish says:
   July 6th, 2008 at 2:16 am

   you could try a pocket pc emulator in conjunction with google maps. map the pocket pc serial port to the gps port. there is a 800×480 windows mobile 6.1 image available for device emulator 3.0

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9. Travis says:
   July 6th, 2008 at 2:20 am

   I tried using http://mboffin.com/earthbridge/ and it did the job.

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10. lumor says:
    July 6th, 2008 at 3:40 am

    Try Roadnav (http://roadnav.sourceforge.net). It’s not as featured rich as Garmin Mobile PC and it takes longer to recalculate a route, but it works pretty well and you have free maps of all US counties.

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11. Vishal says:
    July 6th, 2008 at 3:50 am

    Hi, Another possible solution could be Destinator. I am using Mapking as I am based in India.

    Warm Regards,

    Vishal.

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12. Grant says:
    July 6th, 2008 at 5:00 am

    Google Earth is good if you have an Internet connection.

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13. mapperuser says:
    July 6th, 2008 at 10:26 am

    I use this
    http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/User:Onion/Mapper
    on my laptop - on Linux.

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14. Big Max says:
    July 6th, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    If Windows XP is installed you may like this:

    http://www.visualgps.net/

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15. Jens says:
    July 6th, 2008 at 4:02 pm

    One place I would like to mention, although it’s not actually software at the moment is http://www.openstreetmap.org
    This is a world map created by individuals who wish to contribute and make maps available for anyone to use. Unfortunately you would need to write the software to accompany it.

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16. mapperuser says:
    July 6th, 2008 at 6:16 pm

    Jens Said: “… Unfortunately you would need to write the software to accompany it.”
    Its already done - as I said
    http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/User:Onion/Mapper

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17. Jens says:
    July 6th, 2008 at 11:28 pm

    oops

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18. Dirk says:
    July 7th, 2008 at 6:10 pm

    You should really look into Google Earth Plus if you really like GE. The GE community (bbs.keyhole.com) is full of folks who are pretty passionate about exploring the world and will help out with any questions or fiddling with functionality.

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19. Zach says:
    July 11th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

    I wrote some Java software awhile back as part of testing…it provided the current GPS readout as Google Earth KML running on a local web server (which GE is told to refresh every second). Worked pretty well.

    The only thing is that the GPS will have to show up in the system as a serial device with a COMM port. If that’s true, I could send you a version and you could try it out.

    -Zach

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