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Viking is a free/open source program to manage GPS data. You can
import, plot and create tracks and waypoints, show OSM, Terraserver
and other maps, see real-time GPS position, get geocaches, control
items, etc. It is written in C & the GTK+2 toolkit.

Website: http://viking.sf.net/


Obtaining Viking
================

You can download tarball of latest released version at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/viking/files

You can also retrieve the latest development version on the official
Git repo:
  $ git clone git://viking.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/viking/viking

Installing Viking
=================

If you downloaded Viking from Git, you have to:
  $ ./autogen.sh

Next, or if you downloaded a tarball, you have to:
  $ ./configure
  $ make

Check output of "./configure --help" for configuration options.  In
particular, it is possible to disable some features, like
--disable-google in order to disable any Google stuff.

If you wish to install Viking, you have to (as root):
  # make install

For detailled explaination on install, see INSTALL file.

Examples
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See test/ subdirectory for examples.

Documentation
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See doc/ and help/ subdirectories for documentation.
You can also access user manual via Help menu entry.