[Grassroots-l] Experience w/ using GPS with XO laptops

[Diane Serley]

Jeff,

I don know if this helps you, but there is an existing GPS Activity named
RoadMap. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/RoadMap


Diane Serley
www.XOExplosion.com


On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Jeff Mascornick <jjm4114 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Does anyone have experience with using GPS units/sofware with XOs?
> I'm part of a team applying for a OLPC project to Tanzania and our team
> would like to use GPS hopefully for student in TZ and kids in a partner
> school in the US would work on collaborative projects --- hypothically, the
> children in Arica would send pictures of different parts of their community
> and the children in US would pick a place to hide a geocache (or facsimile
> thereof, or... anything) they would tell the teacher in TZ only and give
> them clues of where to find it, etc.--- this could be done vice versa of
> course
>
> Does anyone know if this is possible? Feasible? -- Hopefully using Arcmap
> software, but I know that a several years ago IDRISI was more common (and
> open source if i recall correctly) in Africa esp. in goverment in some areas
>
> I realize the question may be a little vague - the idea is in a nebulous
> phase but I would be extremely grateful for any input .
>
> Jeff Mascornick, MA
> Research Assistant
> Center for Community Research & Service
> School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy University of Delaware
> jjm4114 at yahoo.com
> (302)547-5952 (c)
>
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