Bringing a decade old bicycle navigator back to life with open source software

I have a waterproof Garmin Nuvi GPS that will directly accept OpenStreetMap data on micro-SD card. It is in bicycle mode and running on a DC-DC converter from my e-bike pack. I am quite satisfied with it despite being 20 years old. The external storage and well defined format have saved it from becoming e-waste.

$10 for an accessible Windows CE PDA is a pretty good deal. If I were OP, I'd fire up an appropriately old version of Visual Studio and vibecode some patches to the open source app he found.

I don't miss the world of a million purpose-built gizmos like this. Smartphones are a very good thing, so long as android is still mostly free.

Fun exercise nonetheless

Thanks!!!! This is a great article. There are many tool references to research. "Obsolescence is a choice. Reverse engineering is resistance."

Raymii is one of my heroes! :-) great and accessible hacking on this device

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Embedded_CE_6.0

Huh, intresting.

>There is no other input than the touch screen, so I can shoot and nothing more, but hey, it runs DOOM!

hook Doom up to the internal nav, then you can ride your bike around and shoot. "I know you love riding your bike, and I know you love playing Doom, so I put your bike into Doom!"

It's an example of modern tech capitalism: you buy a nifty consumer product, after which you don't own it, it owns you.

The few exceptions to this rule are run by conscientious developers who make sure their products don't rely on their maker for continued support. But by this generous act, such companies fall behind their predatory competitors.

It's late-stage capitalism at work. You buy some food, but you don't eat it, it eats you.

Osmand(fDroid) + brouter

Best offline navigation there is. You can even customize your navigation profiles.

Not sure if I missed it, but are those updates going over HTTP without SSL as well?

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