[QCLUG] Problems Installing Software

[Robert Jones]

Culley Smith wrote:
> At the very least, this conversation has given me a few ideas for a 
> nice Road mapping program for Linux.  I'd been looking for one for a 
> while and had pretty much given up.  Google Maps works well, but 
> presupposes one has an active Internet connection, which may not 
> always be the case. :)
Hi Culley, Viking requires you to download maps also. However, I added 
my waypoints from my gps (Garmin 76S) and then loaded Google Maps for 
the whole USA. I searched around at Le Claire and then saved the maps. 
Next time I loaded it the whole USA map and the local street maps were 
still there along with my waypoints. I believe I will be able to load 
the maps for whatever area I want to visit, save them to disk and recall 
when necessary. Let me know if you have any luck with this and after I 
try it for a while on the road I'll start a new thread and let everyone 
know how I'm doing with Viking.
Bob Jones