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Can someone help me to get a map installed in navit?

I installed navit using Muggin's pet package. It seems to have installed OK. Next I went to the navit wiki and downloaded an openstreet map of about 162 M. I have tried about every way I can to get the map into navit with no luck. I downloaded it to root, then copied it into usr/share/navit/maps.

I edited the navit.xml template for openstreetmaps : <mapset enabled="yes">
<map type="binfile" enabled="yes" data="/user/share/Navit/maps/osm_bbox_73.9, 40.5,-69.0,45.2.bin"/>

I guess I need clearer instructions than I find on the navit wiki.

Can someone please let me know how to get a map installed?

Hi,
Are the .pets available anywhere else, now that the original site is extinct?

Hello WindUpToy,

I've still got the original .pet, and can upload it somewhere, but I wonder, if you're running a lupu version pup, if you could instead try the newer portable Navit:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/portabl ... 0/download

and let us know if it works OK?

hmmm,

Navit must put a jinx on d/l sites:

"Sorry, there is a problem accessing this item. It may not exist."

bummer

Hello WindUpToy,

don't know what's happened there, as it definitely was available a few weeks back. In any case please check the first post of this thread, as I've re-uploaded them. Let us know how it goes, as I've only compiled the .pets and, having no GPS equipment, have no real ability to test.

cheers
muggins

It seem the gods dont want me to have Navit.

I got gspd, espeak, portaudio ok, but for the others all I got was html pages.
I tried numerous times and with different browsers

I dont think adrive.com is much good.

Thanks anyway.

OK, I'll try & find another site to upload them to. I did also upload to myotherdrive, but they seem to have removed the ability to lnk to the actual files! I'll get back to you, I'm just in transit at the moment.

Hello WindUpToy,

I'll need to recompile Navit, as I've got muddled dependencies at the moment, but if you still wanted to try the portable Navit, I've altered the link above, and it appears to be working.

cheers

I should just admit defeat with this.
I got the portable, made a pet, installed it, checked the installation.. all OK.

Not running from .desktop file.

In terminal..
bash: ./navit: cannot execute binary file

Checked permissions..
root +r+w+x

???????

that's the limit of my knowledge.


BTW, I have been searching for a GPS sensor.
In Aus I have only found one, a Garmin, about $98.
Around the world there are about 50, from ~$20 to $100.
Any clues, anyone?

Which puppyversion are you using? If you run, in a console, navit, what errors are you getting?

Hi muggins,

5.20

# navit
bash: /usr/bin/navit: cannot execute binary file
#

Hello together!

I am using Puppy Precise 5.5 on an EEEPC 701 4G to use only the SSD. Everything is fine.

I have one problem at the moment. I testet Navit on Xubuntu 12.04 LTS very well. It is on an SD-card. Everything works how it has to do.

Now I want to use Navit on Puppy Precise 5.5., too. I installed Navit over the PPM manager and used navit 0.5 from the ubuntu precise repository (which is activated in the PPM manager). The installation was successfull. I can start Navit, too. I copied the modified navit.xml from xubuntu to the folder /etc/navit. The OpenStreetMap-file was copied into the folder /usr/share/navit/maps. The map-file was integrated in the navit.xml

But Navit doesn't show the map correctly. There is nothing to see. Only a rosé background.

What can I do? Does anybode have the navit 0.5 version on his/her puppy 5.5, too? Do I have to modify the navit.xml?

Thanks for replying.

Greetings, Tamás