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> maybe it could via an emulator As a programmer with serious mobile experience I fully understand it. But it sound a bit crazy that a powerful and more superi
by zx8080 3y ago
> maybe it could via an emulator
As a programmer with serious mobile experience I fully understand it. But it sound a bit crazy that a powerful and more superior (and open! In both hard and sometimes soft - if with an opensource OS) platform need so _emulate_ an embedded one (mobile, usually at least partially proprietary one) to provide turn-by-turn nav: what appears to be a first-order need of anyone in the modern world.
- nine_k 3y agoNavigation from Google us not free. You can run OSM in navigation mode, I suppose.
- PaulHoule 3y agoI used to have a pink netbook that ran Microsoft Streets and Trips that I used together with a Bluetooth GPS. I had a power adapter that plugged into the cigarette lighter of the car and also a line in cable for the stereo. I could play music with Windows Media Player and have turn-by-turn directions work flawlessly. It was particularly good for road trips with a navigator in the passenger's seat as it had a great user interface for managing large numbers of points of interest and making routes that hit multiple points. It was the best satnav I ever had. I remember the time I was heading south from Syracuse in an area notorious for state police speedtraps when I had pulled alongsides a greyhound and my son had logged into the WiFi on board the bus. The bus driver got pissed at us and got up to 95 mph to shake us. I gave up first but I figured he'd have a lot more to lose from getting a ticket than I would.
- selestify 3y agoWhy would the bus driver know or care that you’re using their WiFi?
- HWR_14 3y agoThe bus driver probably didn't know or care about the wifi, just this car that kept strangely in pace with him. Maybe the driver thought OP was going to intentionally get in an accident for some insurance scam.
- dntrkv 3y agoMost laptops don't have GPS or accelerometer / gyroscope. Would be useless for turn-by-turn without those.
- callalex 3y agoBluetooth and USB positioning radios are dirt cheap and run on ancient stable standards.
- vetinari 3y agoIf your laptop has 3G (or better) radio, it has also positioning bundled in. However, although the devices might run on ancient stable standard, but that does not mean, that operating system is not playing silly games there. If you had an app that talked to them via serial port, you could throw it away once Microsoft introduced GNSS subsystem.