GPS Mouse? GPS Antenna?

**judoGTI** · 03-18-2004, 08:23 AM

What is a GPS Mouse? Is it the same as a GPS Antenna? I've just never heard the term before, and can't find a good definition searching.

Thx.

**Confused** · 03-18-2004, 08:28 AM

It is basically a GPS antenna, but the "mouse" ones look like a PC mouse. Small, with a wire coming out the end, hence they're called a mouse

Garry

**LimeySTI** · 03-18-2004, 09:46 AM

i just bought one off of ebay for $50. Plug it into the carputer/laptop, open up a mapping program (mappoint/routis) and your away, nothing else needed.

Limey

**judoGTI** · 03-18-2004, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by Confused

It is basically a GPS antenna, but the "mouse" ones look like a PC mouse. Small, with a wire coming out the end, hence they're called a mouse

So are GPS antenna's (not the mouse versions) a lot larger? Maybe I have always seen the 'mouse' ones then because they all look like the same size to me (the ones made for PC's anyways)

Thanks for the input! Always appreciated.

**wi77iam** · 03-18-2004, 12:33 PM

The GPS mouse is really a receiver and has an internal antenna. You can also get external antennas for GPS receivers that accept them. Most of the mice don't.