#Install navit on raspberry pi 3 install#

Selecting the menu 'Settings', 'Maps', I could check it was looking at my new file. Pressing enter brings up a menu, again use the cursor keys to move, and escape goes back. Navit on Raspberry Pi showing Dundee using OpenStreetMap Navit:main_real:Using config file '/home/pi/.navit/navit.xml' I also disabled the sample map. Next time I ran Navit, I saw this at the terminal, and a map on screen: Scanning the example configuration you come to a OpenStreetMap example entry: $ cp /etc/navit/navit.xml ~/.navit/navit.xml Referring to their Navit configuration instructions, I need to start by creating a configuration file based on the template provided, and then added the new map to it: I then copied this to my RPi, and put it in a maps folder with a more meaningful name: I followed the wiki links to the Navit Planet Extractor website, drilled down through the menu of pre-defined areas, picked Scotland, and waited for the map file to download. I did the later, there is hardly any GPS signal where our TV is, and I don't yet have any other suitable screen.Īssuming gpsd is working and you're getting a good location from the GPS, when running Navit for the first time you get a black screen with a little green circle for your location - since it doesn't come with any useful maps pre-loaded. Since Navit is a graphical tool, you'll either need to run with a screen attached, or ssh in with X forwarding and display Navit on your computer.

#Install navit on raspberry pi 3 install#

$ sudo apt-get install gpsd gpsd-clients navit Of these only Navit is available in the Debian/Raspian repository, so I tried that first. Two options came up, GpsDrive and Navit - both of which recommend map data from Open StreetMap.

I've got a USB GPS dongle working with my Raspberry Pi, so I started exploring mapping software that I could run on it if I were to mount the RPi in my car with a little screen - the simple low resolution screens used for reverse parking cameras sold on eBay for under £20 look perfect.