Navit comes with a sample map of Munich, but if you live (or drive!) anywhere else, you'll need to add another map set. These are not available as packages because they're rather large and the data changes on a daily basis, so the packages would have to be refreshed very often. For instructions on downloading or generating, and installing, different types of map sets, see these Navit Wiki pages: http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/OpenStreetMaps http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/European_maps http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/Garmin_maps You should either add the appropriate configuration elements to /etc/navit/navit.xml, or copy /etc/navit/navit.xml to ~/.navit/navit.xml and edit it there. You may have to remove or comment out the section for the sample map set, also. Also note that the default configuration assumes you have a GPS device active, and gpsd running.