Moving Map display

You've seen them on ariplanes: a map with the airplane superimposed
as to the location of the flight.

I want to do something similar for a tourist ship, but use a printed
nautical chart, a GPS, and a HDTV, and (if necessary) a computer. I
can get the nautical chart into GIF, TIF, JPG, or PDF format. Anyone
know of software for this? Any other hardware required?

NadCixelsyd wrote:

Umpteen software choices for that. Connectivity depends on GPS and computer
(essentially serial vs USB); latter will need some HDTV o/p to utilise
maximum resolution.

Mike.
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Mike Coon wrote:

OziExplorer is the obvious choice, it handles scanned maps easily, and
you can develop custom cursors (i.e. a small ship) to indicate the
current location.

Any small netbook with a HDMI output would be capable of driving your
display at full 1920x1080 reslution.

Terje

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