On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:10:44 +0200, Sjouke Burry
wrote:

JohnF wrote:
What's a good and not-too-expensive hardware/software combination
to use with a (bluetooth enabled) net/notebook running winxp for
a chartplotter application? Electronics on recent charter didn't
work right, and I'd like to put something together on my netbook
that's a little better than my handheld gps. I was looking at
gps receiver
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=270630743828
software
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=280312392457
Is that a good choice? And will that gps receiver play nicely
with maptech navigator lite, that came with my chartkit?
(And is there anything for linux? -- that's what I prefer running,
but dual boot my netbook with winxp for occasions where windows is
the only game in town.) Thanks,
Have you tried google earth? it has e few cute gps modes, and is free...


Does google earth display navigation aids, buoy and channel markers,
etc and water depth?

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)