[BC] GPS

[Larry Bloomfield]

Well not so fast there Cowboy  :-)    You can get on line very easy. 
Traveling the country, as I've been known to do, I refuse to pay some of 
the hotels where I stay $10 plus a day for internet access. Not all the 
hotels have wifi and not all offer free eithernet, so I have a little 
USB stick with Verizon Wireless and where ever I have cellphone service, 
I have internet service. True it cost me $60 a month, but this is 
unlimited and nationwide. It has paid for itself many times over. Most 
of the wireless cell phone service providers offer this kind of service. 
If you laptop has more than one USB port, there are several programs out 
there that offer GPS service for either MAC or PC. I have used both 
programs, granted on a limited basis, for coordinates (lat and long) as 
well as elevation. You'd be surprised at how many transmitter sites are 
not where the FCC thinks they are.  :-)

BTW: will I get to see you again this year at NAB or on my Road Show?  
Looking forward to either or both. Buy ya a cop of java.   

*Larry Bloomfield, KA6UTC*
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>>  Hows about a KML file output as well?  That's the interface to Google 
>>  Earth's database / browser system that lets you locate not only on the 
>>  map, but includes the overhead imagery to verify what you're looking at 
>>  is where you think it is...
>>     
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>  Last I checked, Google Earth required windows, so I can't use it. ( easily )
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>  Last I checked, you had to be on-line to use it, which kinda negates its
>  usefullness for driving points.
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>  Delorme will load the file data into a dozen or so different consumer
>  GPS units. I suppose you could convert it that way, at some loss
>  of resolution.
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