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@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ On Debian the package names are different; try libxml2-dev,
libgtk2.0-dev, libglib2.0-dev, libgconf2-dev, libsoup2.4-dev. It seems
the cairo packages at least in Squeeze is too old.
+To be able to visualise the dives on a map (optional), using GPS
+coordinates, install libosmgpsmap-dev (debian package). That will be
+detected and configured at build time. The library is used to embed
+maps in applications that, when given GPS co-ordinates, draw a GPS
+track.
+
You also need to have libdivecomputer installed. The current git
versions of Subsurface assume that you use libdivecomputer version
0.3, which goes something like this: