Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From: Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] GPS board
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:08:23
Message-Id: 20120416152745.16309.qmail@stuge.se
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-embedded] GPS board by wireless
1 wireless wrote:
2 > What concerns me about openstreetmap, is I had envisioned a system where
3 > the database is downloaded to the operator's embedded system depending
4 > on the anticipated area of local/regional travel, thus not having to
5 > depend on constant/reliable internet access.
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7 You can do that as well. I think you need to spend more time with the
8 project than one day.
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11 > Sort of a GPS/nautical navigation system, under the control of the
12 > operator. I'm still learning about openstreetmap so I have moved
13 > those issues (as suggested by our Mike) to that forum, for now.
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15 It's a good idea.
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18 > From my initial research so far, nothing exist for a marine
19 > environment, so I'll most like roll-it, including some epoxy
20 > coatings and daughter board on the first-gen effort.
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22 Do AD as close to the sensor as possible. I would use a digital bus
23 back to the pandaorwhatever.
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26 > My reason for using this list, is to flush out any gentoo-ish
27 > common ground or any hardware suggestions;
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29 I guess not much there.
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32 > It's liable to be a few months to cmplete this research,
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34 Yes.
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37 //Peter