Software/PNA
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Personal Navigation Assistants or Personal Navigation device (PND) are gadgets that provide you an easy way to navigate. Some are build for outdoor use, the most are build to guide you on a ride with your car. Normally they are just extended PDAs that include a GPS and have a locked up user interface.
This ones have proprietary operating systems but you can generate OSM maps for their original applications:
- Garmin
- MapFactor Navigator Free
- Magellan
- Lowrance
- Xplova G3 bike computer
Other ones have a locked up file format, but sometimes you can get into the operatign system and install OpenSource software:
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WinCE based
This devices use a Windows CE or Windows Mobile as operating system. So you can run the most tools that work for this platforms, too. But before you have to get access to the underlying windows with a few tricks:
Typical brands are:
- Connex
- PNA Connex NVA-03560 - Tutorial
- Falk
- Lowrance
- Navigon
- Navman Navman & Mio Moov Unlock
- Blaupunkt
Some commercial tools that come preshipped on a micro SD card, run with OSM data out of the box: Find and Route, GPS-Mate
Linux based
Linux allows you to hack your device but might be a little bit complicate/dangerous.
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