[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Friendly GPS?

[Daniel Hauck]

(2009年10月09日 12:12), Kevin E. Ivey wrote:
> Daniel Hauck wrote:
>   
>> I am preparing to move to the east coast for two or more years and it is
>> an area that I am not familiar with. For years I have wanted a GPS drive
>> device but have never been able to really justify it because I pretty
>> much know how to get around all over Texas. But this will be different.
>>
>> So I am interested in recommendations on the most Linux friendly GPS
>> drive device available. Anyone with experiences and recommendations?
>>     
> Howdy,
>
> I have had very good experiences with just about any self-contained GPS 
> receivers working with Linux and GPSDrive specifically.
>
> The receiver I use the most is a Garmin GPS-16.  It is a receiver and 
> antenna sealed in a plastic lump that outputs serial NMEA data read 
> through the serial port of my old Dell Laptop.
>
> Most modern portable computers have no serial ports, so a USB or 
> Bluetooth receiver is required.  The USB receivers must emulate a serial 
> port in order to work, unless the software can read a NMEA stream 
> through the USB interface.  Bluetooth works around this by only having a 
> physical USB connection to the Bluetooth transceiver.  BT works right 
> out of the box in Linux, so getting the GPS data is just like receiving 
> a file or an audio stream.
>
> I'm not sure which devices use the various formats for GPS data, but 
> XGPS and GPSDrive work with serial NMEA output and with the Bluetooth 
> devices.
>
> So, I guess it depends on your computer and the type of ports available.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> keVIn
>   

Actually, I was asking about something like TomTom or Garmin devices
that plot routes and speak to me and do not merely receive GPS data and
relay it to a computer. I should have been more specific.