:Author: Hamish Bowman
:Version: osgeo-live4.0
:License: Creative Commons

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GpsDrive
========

GPS Navigation Software 
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`GpsDrive <http://www.gpsdrive.de>`_ is a car (bike, ship, plane, foot)
navigation system. GpsDrive displays your position provided from a GPS
on a zoomable map. The map file is auto-selected depending on your position
and preferred map scale.  All GPS receivers which support the NMEA protocol
should be usable, as well as many USB GPSs using a binary protocol known to
the `Gpsd <a href="http://gpsd.berlios.de>`_ GPS daemon and multiplexer.

Core Features
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* Download LANDSAT or OpenStreetMap data from the Web, or register your own images
* Live rendering of OpenStreetMap data stored in a PostGIS database using Mapnik
* Live rendering from NASA's Blue Marble high-resolution mosaic
* Verbal instructions using eSpeak
* Highly customizable dashboard and GUI
* GPX track and route support, a number of waypoint storage options including
  SQLite and GpsBabel-compatible plain text files
* Search for nearest POI waypoints within a given radius
* Route planning
* Included server to keep track of your friends' postions
* Kismet Wifi integration

Details
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**Website:** http://www.gpsdrive.de

**Licence:** GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2

**Software Version:** 2.11

**Supported Platforms:** GNU/Linux, Mac OSX

**Support:** http://gpsdrive.de/support.shtml


Quickstart
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* `Quickstart documentation <../quickstart/gpsdrive_quickstart.html>`_