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Title: Which Gps Hw-sw Combination Are You Using?
Post by: juanr on March 01, 2005, 10:41:55 am

I wonder which GPS Hardware/Software combination are you using on Zaurus.
I'm thinking about to buy a serial or CF GPS for Zaurus but don't know if it's worth. Are there enough maps available? Are they updated?
I would like to hear your experiences.

Regards,

Juan

Title: Which Gps Hw-sw Combination Are You Using?
Post by: MrSquishy on March 01, 2005, 12:21:25 pm

I bought a Garmin eTrex Legend ($130 at Amazon, and it comes with the serial cable) for use with my Zaurus.  I didnt want to get a CF GPS because they are HUGE and this is nice because I can use it without the Zaurus.

I've really enjoyed it, and have it hooked up in my truck using Zroadmap/Flite to give the location.  Havent got qpeGPS to work yet.  Im on OZ 3.5.2.

Zroadmap uses the US Census Bereau TIGER maps, and they are a couple years old.
qpeGPS should work with any scanned/downloaded/hand drawn/chicken-drawn map, you just have to set it up correctly.

I made a larger map using Google Maps and just stitching the pictures together by hand.