User:Williamts99/RoadMap

RoadMap is an open source program for UNIX that displays street maps. When a GPS receiver is available RoadMap can track the current location of the vehicle on the screen, continuously adjusting the position of the map; it can also identify the name of the current street as well as the name of the next intersection. RoadMap can be used without a GPS receiver, as a static map viewer and address finder.

RoadMap is an open source (GPL) program that provides for car navigation for Linux, UNIX and now Windows CE (a.k.a. PocketPC). It displays a map of the streets, tracks the position provided by a NMEA-compliant GPS receiver, identifies the street matching this GPS position and announces the name of the crossing street at the next intersection. A trip feature allows RoadMap to display routes, tracks, and provide some basic navigation information (distance to the next waypoint, direction, speed, etc..). Voice messages are generated that duplicate some of the screen information.

It is possible to display a specific area by providing a (complete or incomplete) postal address, the intersection of two streets or an exact position (longitude / latitude).

(1)http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Science-and-Engineering/Geographical/RoadMap-1947.shtml (2)http://roadmap.sourceforge.net