On Thu 09 Oct 2003, Earle Martin openguides@downlode.org wrote:

OK, we need a major newspaper to give us a big plug! (Rather than just a mention in 'links of the week' ;) )

I'm not sure we're ready yet; the search needs to be yet more intuitive, I think, plus we need a better mechanism for fixing fuckups such as badly-named nodes. I think premature advertisement might be a bad thing and put people off. I am happy to be argued against, though.

(I'm talking here in terms of people using, rather than installing, the site - I'm aware that a better install procedure and working location stuff for non-UK cities are more important on that side, but I expect we're more likely to get users than operators from a newspaper article.)

Kake

Do we have anyone expert, confidant, whatever that believes they can get gps working on linux?

keen to contribute, have the pda, but clueless on GPS

thanks

Jonathan Chetwynd http://www.peepo.co.uk "A web by people with learning difficulties"

I am a complete newbie to this list, however my introduction was 2 of the developers, who 'insisted' that GPS location was central to their plans, it certainly is to ours: helping people with severe learning difficulties travel independently. They can't read.

So a howto setup GPS (on a linux pda) would seem to be very useful.

please email me on or off list. I suspect this may need a meeting, as my research indicates that support is currently minimal to alpha. linux is needed because commercial applications are not appropriate for our users, yet.

thanks

Jonathan Chetwynd http://www.peepo.co.uk "A web by people with learning difficulties"

addyourown.com has now branched out to London: http://www.addyourown.com/index.php?city_id=12&cat_id=1

Even that basic map is pretty useful.