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<DIV><SPAN class=578562020-12062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Time
to start adding FTDI chips to APRS projects perhaps ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>'Scott Miller'<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 13 June 2007 5:31
AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'TAPR APRS Mailing List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [aprssig]
Compatible GPS for waypoint upload?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703442819-12062007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I've got a related question, for those of you with USB
only automotive GPS receivers. I know at least some of the Garmins still
support waypoint uploads (from MapSource?) via USB. When you plug the
device in to USB, what happens? Is the device still usable as usual, or
does it display a different screen? In other words, if you had a PC
connected to the device instead of a tracker, would it be able to plot
waypoints in a way that would be usable for APRS?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703442819-12062007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Scott</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703442819-12062007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>N1VG</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org
[mailto:aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Wes Johnston,
AI4PX<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 12, 2007 12:23 PM<BR><B>To:</B> TAPR
APRS Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [aprssig] Compatible GPS for
waypoint upload?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>GPSmap 276c</DIV>
<DIV>Wes<BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 6/12/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Stephen
Peters</B> <<A href="mailto:scpeters@mac.com">scpeters@mac.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hello
all,<BR><BR>I've been looking around for an automotive style GPS
(autorouting,<BR>good basemaps, color screen etc) that can accept waypoint
uploads. <BR>I've been disappointed to find that most of the modern GPS
units do<BR>not include an NMEA-0183 serial port, and instead only a USB
port.<BR><BR>With the advent of so many "waypoint upload" style APRS
products, Can <BR>anyone recommend a good GPS unit to connect to the other
end of such<BR>a device!<BR><BR>For example, none of the Garmin NUVI
series would work, neither would<BR>the modern Magellan units that I've
seen. The Tomtom website doesn't <BR>even provide enough
information to determine if the port exists!<BR><BR>There are some
intriguing(?) products that could serve this market,<BR>but I don't know
much about them, for example:<BR><<A
href="http://www.navigadget.com/index.php/2007/06/07/woots-done-it-again-7-">
http://www.navigadget.com/index.php/2007/06/07/woots-done-it-again-7-</A><BR>gps-navigation-with-20gb-hdd-for-250/><BR><<A
href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp">http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp
</A>?<BR>EdpNo=2529863&Sku=D158-1706><BR>(Maybe one of them could
run Xastir??)<BR><BR>Do you have a GPS that you use with $GPWPL sending
hardware that you<BR>would recommend?<BR><BR>I am already familiar with
the Garmin 276c, and a number of the older <BR>monochrome
units.<BR><BR>Thank you in
advance,<BR><BR>-Steve<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>aprssig
mailing list<BR><A
href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</A><BR><A
href="https://lists.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig">https://lists.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR
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