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Don't know about Linux, but I use USAPhotoMaps for Windows. It uses the old USGS data available at the replacement for terraserver.com, don't recall the URL off the top of my head. What's the big deal needing Linux? None of that is very portable. When I need directions or am geocaching or in my kayak, I don't want to have to break out a laptop. I want something to replace the proprietary crap they sell for GPS receivers, not a simple map program on a PC.
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I guess it's more or less expected with open-source hardware designs. Why bother going to open-source hardware the application you meant for it requires the purchase of a commercial OS? -- You might as well buy closed-sourced hardware at that point, as there are plenty of perfectly good single-board computers that run Windows or QNX or other commercial OSes.
Actually I think that the majority of GPS navigation systems (the aftermarket ones for cars) run Linux -- they just license the maps directly from TeleAtlas or NavTech, and have the volume/money to make it viable.
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I didn't, but the courses (and connected labs) were available. They only did some pretty simple stuff when I was there, though. They were given a complete set of tools for ICs a couple of years after I graduated.
Same here- they had a small fab on campus (maybe 3" wafers) for researchers and grad students. This was before MOSIS.
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HP was doing fabrication for students prior to Mosis. If it is not clear here, the mosis projects were multichip. That is, multiple designs on the same tooling. Very inefficient, but done in companies that have the R&D budget.
I'm trying to recall the computer CAD tools back then. Kick (sp) or Magic (sp too!). I don't know of any universities with a Calma back then. That would have been GDS 1 on Tek storage tubes. If you ever used one, it was buggy wip technology. The GDS 1 was designed for digitizers, not on screen layout. It had a DRC, though not very good.
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The students did the work at UIUC. That was part of the deal.
Well i'll be swaged, it is still around. Cool.
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We are not on the same page here. I'm not talking about a PC. I'm talking about a GPS device... a handheld GPS device. It won't be running Windows or Linux. Trying to power a device running Linux is a loosing battle. How long does an Android cell phone actually run on a charge. I don't mean sleep, I mean run! My GPS receivers run for 12 hours and they are 10 year old technology! A modern GPS receiver needs to run for 20 hours or more to be competitive. Any OS that requires so much memory that it needs an MMU is not an option in a truly hand held device.
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