Just got back from Amsterdam, and I have to admit, the NIT was mostly useless as a GPS device.

When I get a fix (which, I admit, is now quicker thanks to A-GPS), its often gone again, and then its there again.

It was totally unclear to which position I should go. There are no streetnames written on the map, and it isn't possible to make the temporarily show. How am I supposed to know where I should go to in such a complex city then?

My battery also got empty quickly. Some application used a lot of CPU (navicore and Xomap). No clue why but its the unofficial Xomap for rotation support. After I filled in my route, the thing again gets a GPS fix, while it already had one. WTF? Then need to wait again...

Without a headset it isn't very useful. You can't just watch on the NIT everywhere in Amsterdam. Its crowdy, and thieves are always on the watch. Its better to not show off, whereas sound in headphones is useful. However, my headphones come out very difficult out of the NIT.

Finally, my bicycle went rampant, and I had to put the chain again correctly on it, rendering my fingers very dirty. While I was able to remove a lot of it by rubbing a tree (don't ask ) I still felt I couldn't use the NIT anymore for navigating.

Now on to more important matters.

I received some PMs from people who prefer to remain private.

Here is again libmacspoof uploaded. If someone else can host this feel free. You need libmacspoof if you already lost your trial period, and not have the original key (I think it resides in ~user/.navicore )

Put the libraries in your home dir (you can move them elsewhere too but you need to change the paths below then).

Issue this command: MAC_ADDRESS=00:11:22:33:44:55 LD_PRELOAD="/home/user/libmacspoof.so.1.0.1:/home/user/libfaketimeMT.so.1" FAKETIME="@2008-07-15 `date +%T`" navicore <- but note you need to come up with a unique MAC address (in hex/base-16 format).

The above works for Map 2.2.6.xxx

If you are running 2.2.8.xxx you need to hexedit a binary. This is outlined in a few posts back. Good luck!