Navit

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Navit

Navit logo.svg
Navit Reality View.jpg
View of the reality mode under development
Basic data

Maintainer Michael Farmbauer, Martin Schaller, Alexander Atanasov, Pierre Grandin
Current  version 0.5.4
( January 19, 2020 )
operating system Linux , Android , Windows , WinCE , WebOS
programming language C , C ++
category navigation
License GPL , LGPL ( Free Software )
German speaking Yes
www.navit-project.org

Navit is free navigation software for real-time navigation and GNSS tracking.

The Brandenburg police are considering the widespread use of the software and tested its use in practice in March 2010.

Functions

Navit can map section around the current position in different views ( orthogonal plan projection , perspective view) in real-time from Vector - map data calculated. The design of the surface and the appearance of the map features are largely freely configurable. Real-time images from a camera can be superimposed with the help of additional sensors ( compass and acceleration sensors ) in the so-called "Reality View" with, for example, route displays to create a representation of augmented reality . The position can be read out via gpsd or directly from NMEA- enabled GNSS receivers . It can calculate optimal routes and the current direction and thus provide route guidance that can also be done via the speech dispatcher (speechd) via voice output. If necessary, routes are also recalculated dynamically. Touch screens are also supported for user input .

Availability

It is available as free software also in source code under the terms of mainly the GNU General Public License (GPL) and partly the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) for a number of different operating systems. The program interface has been translated into over 40 languages. In many popular Linux distributions , it can be installed directly from the standard package sources. Navit is the main part of the navigation live CD MUD navigation . It has been available on Google Play since February 2011 .

development

The development started as a private project; after some time it was put on SourceForge on November 21, 2005 . The "Reality View" is being developed together with employees from the Institute for Geography at the University of Potsdam .

technology

The software was developed in the programming languages C and C ++ . GTK + or SDL is used to display the graphical user interface and hardware acceleration via OpenGL can be used. The software has a modular design and is therefore easily expandable. It has been ported to various operating systems and hardware platforms, including Windows , macOS and Linux and many for mobile use, such as Openmoko , Nokia Internet Tablets , Zaurus , Android , iPhone and Palm webOS . The Dijkstra algorithm is used to calculate the route . Different map formats can be used: in their own binary format, from the OpenStreetMap project, in the “Marco Polo Large Travel Planner ” format and in Garmin map format. Navit can also be operated with any other data sets, provided that these can be converted into one of the supported vector map data formats.

Web links

Commons : Navit  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release 0.5.4 . January 19, 2020 (accessed January 19, 2020).
  2. ↑ Brandenburger Police test open source navigation system , heise Open Source , March 3rd, 2010.
  3. ↑ Falko Benthin: Linux and geodata at the Brandenburg police linux-community.de , October 18, 2010.
  4. ↑ T. Haase, M. Feilner: Open Source Navigation with Navit . In: Linux-Magazin Online , July 2010.
  5. ↑ Debian package search - navit
  6. ↑ https://software.opensuse.org/package/navit
  7. ↑ http://mageia.madb.org/package/show/name/navit
  8. ↑ Falko Benthin: MandrivaUser.de publishes MUD Navigation Edition v.1 . In: Linux-Magazin Online , 2010.
  9. ↑ Navit for Android - Android apps on Google Play
  10. ↑ Ulrich Bantle: Cebit Open Source 2010 - project presentation Navit . In: Linux-Magazin Online , 2010.