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GPSMan (version 5.4.2) is available for downloading from the GPSMan site. Both Debian, Slackware, RPM and FreeBSD packages are available for easy installation in Linux. Updates for the current release can also be found there.
In order to run GPSMan, Tcl/Tk (version 8.2 or later; 8.3 is recommended) must be previously installed. It can be got from the Active State site.
A separate program to convert the waypoints listed in HTML pages of
the MapBlast site into GPSMan files is also available under the name
of mb2gmn.tcl. At its core is code contributed by Martin
Ostermann (Aachen University of Technology). The reason why this code
was not integrated into GPSMan is that the format of those HTML pages
does not follow any known specification and may change at any
time.
In order to run mb2gmn.tcl GPSMan must be installed as
they share some source files. After downloading, the file
mb2gmn.tcl, which can be found in the util directory,
should be edited for configuration.
To use this program HTML pages produced at the MapBlast
site in answer to queries under the
Directions section should be saved locally and then opened from
the program.
A separate program to convert the routes listed in HTML
pages of the MapsOnUS site into GPSMan files is also available under
the name of mou2gmn.tcl. At its core is code contributed by
Frank Kujawski (Frank_at_Kujawski.org). The reason why this code
was not integrated into GPSMan is that the format of those HTML pages
does not follow any known specification and may change at any
time.
In order to run mou2gmn.tcl GPSMan must be installed as
they share some source files. After downloading, the file
mou2gmn.tcl, which can be found in the util directory,
should be edited for configuration.
This program works on HTML files created at the MapsOnUS site as follows: go to the "General Options" (under the "Tools" menu), select "Show Latitude & Longitude", plan a route, "jump to turn-by-turn directions", hit the "non-tabular format" link and save locally the HTML page. These files are then opened from the program and the resulting files will contain the routes and their waypoints. The remark fields of the waypoints will have the directions in the HTML pages.
GPSMan User Manualmig_at_ncc.up.pt, DCC-FC & LIACC,
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