[geeks] GPS

[Shawn Wallbridge]

Now that I found a laptop (Thinkpad 770), I am looking for a GPS receiver to
hook up to it. I would prefer one that has various cables (serial to laptop,
cable for my visor). I don't necessarily _need_ a fancy mapping program to
go with it, I just want to be able to poll the receiver every x minutes and
get coordinates back. The important thing is I want to be able to write my
own applications for it, so I need some kind of specs on how it works (I
would rather not reverse engineer it). I also want to be able to talk to it
in Windows/Linux/OpenBSD.

The one that I have been looking at is....

http://www.delorme.com/earthmate/emate-sadeluxepak.asp

Has fancy software that is pretty useless to me (I am Canadian).
Looks like it has different cables
Looks like it's preferred method of connection to a PC is USB. I don't know
if that is bad (may complicate coding).
I haven't found any mention of interface specifications.
Other than that, it looks ideal.

Anyone have any recommendations?

shawn