| Refurbing TomToms | |
|---|---|
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| Participants | User:buzz |
| Skills | Archeology, Linux |
| Status | Active |
| Niche | Retro |
| Purpose | Tool |
| Tool | No |
| Location | |
| Cost | |
| Tool category | |
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Whats the plan
Many thriftstores have huge piles of these little linux devices with bad batteries and ancient maps.
Seeing that most of this stuff is actually open and usuable, refurbish them somewhat?
Devices we tested with all this opentom stuff
Successfully
- TomTom XL 30
- TomTom One XL
Some links
- https://github.com/navit-gps/NavitTom/
- https://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/TomTom
- https://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/OpenStreetMap#Convert_OSM_data_to_Navit_binfile
- https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GRASS/Simplifying_OSM_Shapefiles
- http://maps.navit-project.org/
