Tag Archives: osx

Interfacing the Pharos GPS-500 to Mac OS X

Posted on 2010/12/20 by scruss

I’m stopping short of calling this “Using the Pharos GPS-500 to Mac OS X” because all I’ve been able to do is read raw NMEA sentences from the device. But that might be of use to you. The Source is … Continue reading →

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Mac OS X killed my Garmin!

Posted on 2010/09/15 by scruss

My GPSMAP 60CSx had started to become unreliable: crashing after startup, randomly locking up in mid route, and just generally being an aggravating piece of kit. I was really close to replacing it. The problem seemed to appear after I’d … Continue reading →

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proj.4 init annoyances: it’s all apple’s fault

Posted on 2010/08/08 by scruss

I was going to write a rant about how Ubuntu sets up proj.4 init files incorrectly, then I found that the problem actually lies with OS X. OS X is unusual for a Unix variant, as it uses a case-insensitive … Continue reading →

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