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pixelseventy2 is offline pixelseventy2
2008-01-25 , 13:57
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Hi,

I have been using maemo mapper quite a bit lately when walking, and recorded a lot of tracks. Has anyone ported MM to the desktop, or know of any similar (free) software which will allow me to view these maps on a desktop PC, linux based preferrably?

I have used Memory Maps in the past, but it's not free or linux based. I could probably create a web app based on google maps, but I'd really like to have something offline and desktop based.

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2008-01-25 , 14:18
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There's a free version of Fgis which works with shape files. But it is windoze based.

There is GRASS which is Unix based, but very complex.

There are probably a ton of others, but these are the only two I've used.
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2008-01-25 , 15:37
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Google earth works great. You'll just need to use GPSBabel to change the gpx into a KML.
 

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2008-01-25 , 15:51
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gemniii42 and gompers, thanks for your suggestions, I'll try them out. As I'm really after a visual representation rather than information, Google earth is probably the best bet. Plus there's a linux version (well, wine, but close enough)

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2008-01-25 , 18:11
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The track file format should be independent of any OS. GPSBabel can convert between almost any formats, many of which you never heard of. I haven't looked at the format used by Maemo Mapper, but I would think it's a fairly standard one, given the way it uses off-the-shelf maps.
 
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2008-01-25 , 18:14
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Originally Posted by pixelseventy2 View Post
Google earth is probably the best bet. Plus there's a linux version (well, wine, but close enough)
I believe there is a native linux version of google earth.
 
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2008-01-25 , 19:01
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Originally Posted by bac522 View Post
I believe there is a native linux version of google earth.
My bad, I thought that google earth was still wine-based, but I was thinking of picasa instead (which is wine based but includes wine with it)
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2008-01-25 , 19:27
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Originally Posted by gompers View Post
You'll just need to use GPSBabel to change the gpx into a KML.
No need for that, Google Earth understands gpx.
 
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