ebay gps

[chunkz]

okay found these right
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Holux-GR-213U-Wa ... dZViewItem

how do they work with software .ect
do i have to buy some?
download some?

is it free or what

is this a good cheap way to go, for gps on my laptop?
cheers

[Emo]

It will plug into a USB port and provide a GPS satelite feed into navigation software. If you are running a laptop, the only two options I've seen with regards to software is Oziexplorer and Freedrive. Oziexplorer needs maps. You need to buy the software but I'm sure some kind souls with provide you with a map or two. Freedrive is freeware. You just need to join a UK forum and then you can download it. You then need to get Destinator maps. Destinator is GPS software for PDA's but some smart cookie wrote software to run Destinator maps on a laptop. If download via bit torrents, you'll find Destinator Australia maps.

[chunkz]

cheers
so buying this gps usb device, wouldnt be a bad move?
is there a down side...?

i wanna take it through simpson desert with me

[Emo]

If you're running it with a laptop, it would be fine. No real downside. Have you thought how you're going to mount the laptop?

[chunkz]

passangers lap, ahahaha
not alot of space in a sierra for mounting, let along laptop mounting

[chunkz]

but my main issue
is cooling of the laptop

[Emo]

You can try something like this.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NOTEBOOK-COOLER- ... dZViewItem


I've never used one but if heat is an issue it might be worth looking at.

[chunkz]

that looks like a good idea...
wonder how it would hand 45degree tempreture

[bogged]

passangers lap, ahahaha

and when they are pissed off with that after the first 20kms what do u do then?

[chunkz]

its probably gunna be my sisters pommy bf....
i'll slap him....

thats if he sits with me
hed probably be in the GU with air con... and a "comfortable" ride...
what ever that is...
if he doesnt...
id probably find a way to mount and.... new speakers
watch dvds or music, whilst gps is on

[Emo]

Most of the time I use a PDA with a windscreen mount but if I use the laptop, I've got ithooked onto a $10 Supercheap laptop holder that I shored up with a couple of occy straps. It helps that I'm generally on my own.

[chunkz]

is suzy still active on this site?

[MQSWBUTE]

we got a small laptop stuck on the dash with HD Velrco works a treat it handles toolangi trips easy

45oC heat in the car dont u have air con if not good luck on ya trip

get a gps receiver with usb plug it in ot the lappy install the driver dick that comes with the gps
get the ozi mappin software set it all up and ya ready to go
u would be crazy running a lappy in sumones lap for that amount of time let alone with the windows down for that 45oC heat let alone the bulldust and crap that would bulid up under ur dashboard inside the laptop in your seats etc i think a trip like that it not like a day drip in gembrook

need any help with setting up the gps and laptop pm me
i had just sent 4 people into the simpson with the setup its workin for them
as far as maps go pm me 2

[chunkz]

thanks for that
im looking at getting like a plastic cover that goes around the whole laptop...

so theres no exposed surface area

[HotFourOk]

Freedrive is freeware. You just need to join a UK forum and then you can download it. You then need to get Destinator maps. Destinator is GPS software for PDA's but some smart cookie wrote software to run Destinator maps on a laptop. If download via bit torrents, you'll find Destinator Australia maps.

The site says you still need the Destinator program to allow communucation between your computer and gps reciever? Freedrive is just an interface to show the maps, it does not have anything to do with the gps reciever..Destinator must be used to do that.

Have you used FreeDrive? and with what gps program?

[Emo]

Freedrive is freeware. You just need to join a UK forum and then you can download it. You then need to get Destinator maps. Destinator is GPS software for PDA's but some smart cookie wrote software to run Destinator maps on a laptop. If download via bit torrents, you'll find Destinator Australia maps.

The site says you still need the Destinator program to allow communucation between your computer and gps reciever? Freedrive is just an interface to show the maps, it does not have anything to do with the gps reciever..Destinator must be used to do that.

Have you used FreeDrive? and with what gps program?

You just need Destinator maps. Unless it is part of the Freedrive download. I just downloaded Freedrive, put the Destinator maps in the right spot and away it went.

[dogbreath_48]

I've always wondered if it would be worth buying a "real" GPS to use with your laptop. In that case, if/when the laptop dies (is it really that unlikely on a simpson trip in a zook?) or even has serious software/driver trouble (not likely you'll be able to log into the nearest Maccas WiFi), you'll still have useable GPS navigation.

Or of course you could learn how to use a map and compass...

-Stu

[Emo]

I have a CF card Globalsat GPS receiver and I can use it in both my laptop (with a Pcmcia adaptor) or my PDA (Ipaq hx4700).

[chunkz]

I've always wondered if it would be worth buying a "real" GPS to use with your laptop. In that case, if/when the laptop dies (is it really that unlikely on a simpson trip in a zook?) or even has serious software/driver trouble (not likely you'll be able to log into the nearest Maccas WiFi), you'll still have useable GPS navigation.

Or of course you could learn how to use a map and compass...

-Stu

i could use a map compass and a protractor (spelling?) better then most...
and i could use a map better then i could use a gps

[CairnsZook]

What about celestial navigation? All you need is a sextant, Norrie's tables, Nautical Almanac, accurate chronometer and a pretty good idea of spherical trigonometry.

[Bush65]

What about celestial navigation? All you need is a sextant, Norrie's tables, Nautical Almanac, accurate chronometer and a pretty good idea of spherical trigonometry.

Plus an artificial horizon and pretty good idea of celestial navigation!