earthmate usb gps with MS Streets&Trips?

**Jailer** · 11-24-2004, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by liquid_smoke

Anyway, does anyone know of a way to make it auto track my position, it sucks that you have to tell it to do it everytime you start the program.

Asked the same question a while back. Best I could come up with is that it's possible to write a script for it but alas scripting ain't my thing. I may look at some of the other GPS software since I'm not thrilled with either MS S&T or Delorme SA

**liquid_smoke** · 11-25-2004, 02:09 AM

@ DaRacerz
Thanks for the confirmation that this is basicly the way it works, so i can stop the trouble shooting. Wish it were a switch on the gps device to choose what format you want it to spit out. Would be a lot easier.

@bbrother
unfortunately im finding this out after buying the soft, really wish there were trials for this stuff. Wouldnt be too hard to do either.

@Jailer
I know some people that know some people that know people

No seriously, i know a bunch of programers that could help me out with scripting it to start automaticly, but dosent seem like its even worth it at this point.

I think im going to trade in both the Delorme and MS to get hopefully 2 copies of Copilot 8 for 100 bucks each. Probably sell the other copy here for someone who dosent have soft to trade in for the discount.

**harrisonpowers** · 11-26-2004, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by bbrother

MS streets and trips is not meant to be a navigation program and it doesnt do a very good job for this. I am very happy with iguidiance, it works great and fucntions very close to my friends navagation system ( i think he has a pioneer or kenwood system).

The new S&T has a special version for use with a gps. I have yet to try it out but it looks pretty neat.

The software for that version is in the package that includes a usb gps.

**Bugbyte** · 11-26-2004, 10:11 PM

I've got the new version of S&T that works with GPS. It sees my generic NMEA device just fine but all of the same complaints still apply - the washed out colors, have to tell it to track all the time, etc.

I've also got Delorme Street Atlas 2005 and it's a better product. I agree that the bread crumb trail it leaves is kind of lame, they're huge presumably so it doesn't look like you're tracking off the road or something.

Still, it's worked better for me than Streets and Trips.

**GruvThang** · 11-26-2004, 10:42 PM

Just so you know, the Earthmate works fine with Routis!

**techy101** · 11-27-2004, 04:41 AM

Does it work with NinjaMonkey's Destinator 3 SDK?

**GruvThang** · 11-27-2004, 05:19 AM

I do not have a copy of that to try it on

**liquid_smoke** · 11-27-2004, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by harrisonpowers

The new S&T has a special version for use with a gps. I have yet to try it out but it looks pretty neat.

The software for that version is in the package that includes a usb gps.

they both are the exact same software, just one includes there gps mouse.