I got this from Hardy Macia (of Catamount software, the PocketMoney, etc
folks). Is there anything newton related I should forward on to him wrt
Cyberguide?
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Date: 02/28 12:22 PM
Received: 02/28 12:21 PM
From: Hardy Macia, hardy@catamount.com
To: Mike Pinkerton, mpinkert@cc.gatech.edu
In article <mpinkert-2502971008240001@fire.cc.gatech.edu>,
mpinkert@cc.gatech.edu (Mike Pinkerton) wrote:
> >There is a group at GA Tech working on a GPS device with vector mapping
> >based on the TIGER database.
> >For more info see:
> >
> >http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fce/cyberguide/project_notebook/nfhome.html
>
> The current vector-based version only works on a pen-based PC, but we
> tried some code out on the MP2K in October and we think its certainly got
> the horsepower to port the app to the Newton (where the whole project
> started, only with a bitmap version of maps).
Mike,
Keep me posted on your status. I'm interested in this too. I'll either
start from scratch with the Tiger databases or wait and see how your
project goes.
Hardy
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