[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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