On 19/05/2010 12:45, Mark Johnson wrote:
> Hi All,
> I'm looking at getting a GPS dongle (or just a compact USB-attached GPS)
> to have a play with I was wondering if anyone would mind sharing
> experiences and recommendations with the devices?
> The main system it'll be used on is an EeePC 901 running Ubuntu Netbook
> Edition, so any experiences with those would be an extra bonus :-)
I use a SirfStar III based Globalsat BU 353 and it works perfectly.
As with all GPS devices, they appear as a serial port and as this one is
USB, it uses the common PL2303 USB-RS232 chipset.
They retail for ~£30 too.
--
Dee Earley (dee@???)
irc: irc://irc.blitzed.org/
web: http://www.earlsoft.co.uk
phone: +44 (0)780 8369596
