Harry Krause wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 12:41:27 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:
DeLorme has a special out on its 2006 edition of Street Atlas, and
offers a $100 USB GPS antenna for use in the car, or, I assume, for use
in a boat with some sort of NAV software on a laptop.

Has anyone tried one of these receivers with NAV software?

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I've been using the old version of Delorme's USB GPS with Maptech
chatrting software for at least three or four years. It works fine.
The new version of their GPS is USB only however. The older one could
be ordered with a RS-232 serial port cable which is what my nav
software wants to see.

That is the only caveat that I would offer: Be sure your charting
package will accept data on a USB port, or buy a USB to serial
converter.


I'm thinking of it first for car use on trips to cities where I might
want to see a street map or restaurants, museums, etc. I like the big
screen of a laptop.

But I wouldn't mind playing with it on a boat, too. If memory serves,
Maptech offers a cheapo nav package, too. I'll check it out.

Thanks.

Harry, I've got the Delorme GPS and Street Atlas 2004 edition, and I
love taking the laptop on trips, it's very accurate and a lot of fun.
Never heard whether or not you can use it with nav software, though.