eeePC, Debian Lenny, Debian Armel, Ubuntu, SuSE, Fedora, RedHat  etc.

These are generic i386 and ARM .deb - see below for distribution specific ones. Most distributions now offer tangoGPS - thus you can install directly from your distribution's package repositories - thus it will well fit into your system

tangogps_0.99.2-1_amd64.deb (64bit, compiled on Ubuntu 9.10)
tangogps_0.99.2-1_i386.deb (32bit, compiled on Debian Lenny)

tangogps_0.99.2-1_armel.deb-MER Maemo Mer
tangogps_0.99.2-1_armel.deb-Openmoko Openmoko

tangogps_0.99.2-1_xandros_i386.deb for Xandros as found on older eeePC (package made by David Roberts)

If you don't have a gps device connected to your laptop/computer then you can use "88.191.100.245" as gpsd host (in the config tab). [currently the service is not available]
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Ubuntu

Available directly from your package manager

Fedora

Available directly from your package manager

x64 platforms, openSUSE, Mandriva

You can find packages for more than 30 platforms on the openSUSE buildservice:

tangogps on openSUSE buildservice
Thanks to Andre Duffeck.

More .rpm's on pbone:
rpm.pbone.net

Gentoo

Supported. You know your trick...
Thanks to Dirk-Lüder Kreie.

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See Installation instructions

 

Source tarball

tangogps-0.99.4.tar.gz

the usual ./configure && make; make install

Frequently asked questions

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Continue reading "FAQ"

tangoGPS now supports heart rate monitoring and logging

The next release of tangoGPS is out and the main new features are:

• support for the new gpsd protocol
• further improved speed and usability 
• support for Zephyr HxM heart rate monitors
  
• logging of your heart rate, fully synchronized with the GPS track
• new polish translation
  
• New shortcut F5 refreshes the tiles of the current view

The summer is here and in order to get fit for the beach some sport is due to get back in shape. To monitor your fitness progress tangoGPS now includes functionality for the support of heart rate sensors from Zephyr, namely the HxM bluetooth belt:



You can use it together with your laptop but naturally it is more fun on a handheld device like the Openmoko Freerunner. The usage is rather simple, just put it on and see your current heart rate in beats per minute displayed on the screen (1):



For the configuration you only need to put in the Bluetooth Address of the belt. You can find it with hcitool:


Just note down the number and insert it in (2).

That's it. You are ready to go and start your fitness workout program! Just a few weeks later you will see the result:

       
                        Copyright by sa Tobyotter, stefanpinto
 

 
One source for the heart rate monitors is hackable-devices.org, a recently started community platform and shop for open and hackable hardware. You find plenty of interesting stuff there from Arduino boards over RFID devices and plenty of self-soldering kits. hackable:Devices is based in Europe and you find the Zephyr HxM heart rate sensor here.




Kudos
The heart rate monitor idea and first patches are from Tobias Prousa.
Adam Flisiński supplied the polish translation.
In case I forgot someone here, please drop me a mail!

Donations
Bernhard Höll
Neil Jerram
Max Dörfler
Joseph Marsden
Nukri Komin
José Ramón Torregrosa Durán

Thanks! Have fun and see you at the next Iron Man...

tangoGPS software of choice on Touch Book

I am happy to announce another milestone of success for the growing community of tangoGPS: AlwaysInnovating has choosen tangoGPS as the default map viewer and gps application for the Touch Book.



The philosophy of the Touch Book is:

• open source
• open hardware
• open community

The base of the Touch Book is another open hardware, the BeagleBoard, based on the Texas Instruments OMAP3 processor.  This gives an outstanding long battery time of 10+ hours and is expected to extend to two days with future software upgrades.

The keyboard of the Touch Book can be detached and then you have the open source and open hardware equivalent of the iPad! Certainly a bit less slick but therefore fully hackable - you can develop any application you want and put it on the Touch Book, a great base for community as well as business applications. Think for example of disaster recovery software where you need long running and low power consuming electronics.

tangoGPS was chosen for its user-friendliness, speed and excellent support of embedded platforms and a solid user base of more than 100.000 users on platforms ranging from the Openmoko phone, smartQ MIDs, netbooks like the eeePC, laptops and even the AS/390. It has found a home on more than 40 distributions.

More test reports will soon follow, for now have a look at the video from AlwaysInnovating, made by the founder and CEO Gregoire Gentil:



As always, your ideas, patches, blog posts and feedback about tangoGPS are very welcome. If you want you can leave a comment right below.

Have fun! And welcome on board!