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+Navit (gps navigation system with routing engine)
+
+Navit is an open source and free, modular, touch
+screen friendly, car navigation system with GPS tracking, realtime
+routing engine and support for various vector map formats.
+
+Navit runs on Linux, Windows, Windows CE, Mac OS, Android, iPhone and
+webOS. It can use maps from OpenStreetMap and Garmin, among others -
+which can be stored offline - so it doesn't need an Internet connection
+while in use.
+
+If you want to use a gps receiver device with Navit, such as a usb gps
+dongle, you will probably want to install the gpsd package as well.
+
+Navit can be used with maps from the OpenStreetMap project
+(www.openstreetmap.org). To do this, you will have to download a map
+for offline use, using the Navit Planet extractor at:
+ http://maps.navit-project.org
+
+Further details on the project's page and wiki at:
+ http://www.navit-project.org
+
+Optional dependencies: gpsd