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Thorn · 08-02-2002

The DeLorme and Garmin are both proprietary formats that are not actually functioning in NetStumbler (NS) to my knowledge.

NMEA is an open data format. Many GPS model support this, as it is used to communicate with other devices that a GPS might be connected to, such as aircraft and marine autopilots. Check the manufacture's specs for a particular model. This is actually what most NS users are running.

I have a Magellan (now Thames) GPS 315 which outputs NMEA v2.1. It works fine. Getting a particular model to work with NS sometimes takes a bit of configuration on both the laptop/ppc adn the GPS. Read the FAQs and search through the forums for information on specific models of both computer and GPS.

08-02-2002	#3 (permalink)
Thorn Did you do the math? Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Villa Straylight Posts: 10,084	The DeLorme and Garmin are both proprietary formats that are not actually functioning in NetStumbler (NS) to my knowledge. NMEA is an open data format. Many GPS model support this, as it is used to communicate with other devices that a GPS might be connected to, such as aircraft and marine autopilots. Check the manufacture's specs for a particular model. This is actually what most NS users are running. I have a Magellan (now Thames) GPS 315 which outputs NMEA v2.1. It works fine. Getting a particular model to work with NS sometimes takes a bit of configuration on both the laptop/ppc adn the GPS. Read the FAQs and search through the forums for information on specific models of both computer and GPS. __________________ Thorn "I'm The Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I am from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation Kasterborous. I'm 903 years old and I am the man who is going to save your lives and all 6 billion people on the planet below... You got a problem with that?"