Yeah, I thought it was funny looking at the lat/longs in the Garmin docs examples, since they're so close. I've spent a lot of time with local lat/long doing the maps at:
http://www.kcwireless.net/index.cgi?CoverageMap
Originally posted by ZzeusS
May I ask what GPS you decided on for stumbling?
I got a Garmin eTrex Venture. eBay prices are running around $140. I also tried ordering one online from the EXTREMELY TERRIBLE "company" AdvancedGPS. Nice prices, but took a week to ship, and they never answered any of my emails (including the one trying to cancel the order. Sigh.).
The Venture's pretty nice. Hooked right up to the PC, switched it over to NMEA data mode, and it and Netstumbler worked great. The PC data cable it comes with doesn't allow an external power connector to be used at the same time, so depending on your use, you might end up wanting the "three-way" cable (car power/data/GPS). I just use rechargable AAs, and it seems fine (and means one fewer wire). WAAS doesn't work well in the midwest, but I haven't played with it much yet, and this should improve as more WAAS satellites come online (apparently).
I ended up with an extra new in box eTrex Venture, so if anyone local's interested in buying one and saving on shipping, let me know. It'll be up on eBay soon if I don't find someone I can sell to locally.
-glenn