Hi: To use a GPS receiver with Maptitude, you must have Maptitude installed on your computer, and you must have a GPS device with a serial port output in the NMEA 0183 format correctly installed and configured.
USB GPS devices would need to be mapped to a COM port. We have, for example, successfully used a "mouse" GPS that had a PS2 to USB connector. The GPS showed up as a COM port in the computer PORTS. Our product simply read it from that COM port. High accuracy GPS receivers (e.g. down to say, 1-2 feet), are not standard. For such accuracy you would need a differential GPS receiver. You can also use GPS playback data directly, without connecting Maptitude to the GPS receiver. A playback file is a text file containing information produced by the GPS receiver in raw, unprocessed form. Playback files contain the data in a standard format, called NMEA 0183, or the GPS eXchange Format, a device-independent data format. Maptitude Mapping Software <http://www.caliper.com> Group Moderator --- In [email protected], Tracy Stanley <tracysfw@...> wrote: > > I probably have bought 6 different gps devices and none work. I have downloaded > their serial conversion to usb, but still no success. > > Has anyone been able to connect a GLS device directly to laptop and see tracking > from GPS? If so, please send me device name and I will purchase and offer > feedback. > > Tracy Stanley, CRS > 801 Station Drive, Suite 105, Arlington, TX 76015 > 817-299-0000 or 817-795-0350 office or fax 866-284-0292 > Bad decisions and bad beats make good stories. > > > > ________________________________ > From: Werner whywerner@... > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, April 12, 2011 3:31:08 PM > Subject: RE: [Maptitude] User Reviews: Maptitude 6.0 > >  > Iâm happy with 6.0 â" will be happier when the new ACS and Census data are > ready. > >  > I think you can use a USB connection with 6.0 for GPS. Itâs been a while but I > bought a serial to USB adapter and it worked. I was using a Magellan GPS which > I cooked by plugging in the wrong power adapter. >  > Werner in Sacramento >  > From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Tracy Stanley > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Maptitude] User Reviews: Maptitude 6.0 >  >  > I think 6.0 has many features that make it worthwhile to use. I paid for a full > version so I could keep 5.0 on another laptop. It is much easier to click a > layer on/off; works better w images (Earth)... and more. I use several shape > files from other sources like gas well data for wells and pipelines from Tex > Railroal Commission;  N Tex Council of Gov; and many more. > >  > One of the shortcomings is the actual real time tracking with a external gps > device. I have not been able to find a serial GPS and am frustrated with lack of > support in how to make one work. But that is not a shortcoming of 6.0. I think > it is a fantasy feature of all from 4.6 to 6.0. >  > Tracy Stanley, CRS > 801 Station Drive, Suite 105, Arlington, TX 76015 > 817-299-0000 or 817-795-0350 office or fax 866-284-0292 > Bad decisions and bad beats make good stories. >  >  > > ________________________________ > > From:turkeytrekker sjones0145@... > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, April 12, 2011 12:52:41 PM > Subject: [Maptitude] User Reviews: Maptitude 6.0 > >  > Hi all, > > Am contemplating the upgrade to 6.0 (from 5.0) and would really appreciate > feedback from those who've made the migration. > > > Thumbs up, thumbs down or "meh"? > > What's your favorite new feature? > > Anything you've been "wow'ed" by... or at least marginally impressed with? How > about disappointed in? > > Thoughts appreciated! >
