[geeks] Cheap USB GPS units

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Tue Nov 23 23:28:15 CST 2010


http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Streets-Trips-2008-VERSION/dp/B000OUY2TQ

$15 shipped.  Includes the SiRFStar III-chipset GPS unit, which speaks
standard NMEA, etc, and as far as I can tell uses a PL2303 interface and
shows up as a standard serial port.

GPS hardware appears to be this:

http://www.pharosgps.com/products/proddetail.asp?prod=006_PB010_1.00&cat=141

http://www.amazon.com/Pharos-PB010-IGPS-500/dp/B000GP0VH6

Toss the crap MS software in the trash, of course. 8-)

Bill

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Bill Bradford 
Houston, Texas



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