Are USB GPS"mouse" receivers good?

**felix99** · 09-13-2002, 07:01 AM

Hi,
on ebay I saw multiple cheap GPS receivers called GPS mouse.
What do I have to pay attention for when i wanna buy one ?
(technical characteristics etc)
Are those receivers working good in general and what happens when they are placed behind (tinted) glass ?
What's about compatibility with Software? Are there any standarts to pay attention on when buying ?

My favorite would be a real stand alone GPS but they are too expensive for me.

Many thanks for answers

Regards Felix

**Arby** · 09-14-2002, 05:28 PM

GPS mouse returned 0 results on eBay. I'm not sure what you're talking about.

**ddt** · 09-14-2002, 06:04 PM

I think he's referring to one of these http://www.deluo.com/Merchant2/merch...tegory_Code=GR

**Arby** · 09-14-2002, 10:14 PM

Wow, that's actually pretty nice. I need usb because my touchscreen takes up my only serial port.

Searching for "USB GPS" reveals about 50 of these.

**felix99** · 09-15-2002, 04:24 AM

Sorry thought that in US it's also called GPS Mouse but
Yes ddt you are right - thats the GPS 's I'm talking about.
Here in Germnay on ebay - I could get them for 100€(Euro's) = ~ 100$.

Felix

**bosstone74** · 09-20-2002, 11:52 PM

Has anyone tried one of these?

**ddt** · 09-21-2002, 12:44 AM

I should have one in on Monday or Tuesday.

**t0ffluss** · 09-22-2002, 05:19 PM

I'we tried one.. the driver installation was kinda tricky... i couldnt have any other USB devices connected when I connected the USB GPS.. the mouse would act all funny

anyway... the one I got.. was faulty.. so I never got to actually test the reciever part

)

USB GPS worked for me

im just waiting for new one from GPS WAREHOUSE in Great Britain ... it cost'd me 89£ (with Reciver and Route 66 Europe Map)

Gpsw.co.uk

Regards
Richard
NORWAY

**tejohnson** · 09-22-2002, 11:12 PM

If it is the Holux GM-200-USB receiver, then it works. You need to build the pl2303 USB-Serial driver into the Linux kernel, or as a module. If you persist that it be a USB GPS receiver, the best idea is to make sure that it uses the pl2303 for the USB => Serial conversion. The Holux GM-200-USB is what I am using with GPSDrive. Good Luck!