getting mappoint to work with earthmate & a cool gps program i found

aoLhaTer · 06-11-2003, 04:28 AM

1) Is there anyway to get the DeLorme Earthmate USB to work with MS MapPoint? Doesnt work because of NMEA compliancy.
The error recieved is:
"The GPS receiver is sending messages, but they are not being recognized as NMEA 2.0-compatible. Make sure the GPS receiver input/output format is set to deliver NMEA 2.0-compatible messages at the correct baud (4800 bps)."
I have SA2003 also but Id like to see what MapPoint with AGPS can do

2) I also found this relatively cool GPS program called GEM located here http://www.schaik.com/gps/gem/gem.html
It uses online map system from Mapquest. Couldnt get it to work with my Earthmate though

az1324 · 06-11-2003, 05:55 PM

Wow that GEM program IS pretty cool... for those who don't have a full-featured GPS program. And the aerial photos are sweet.

Telek · 06-12-2003, 08:13 AM

Earthmate is NMEA compatible, AFAIK (I had one, it worked fine with NMEA and S&T and a few other programs that require NMEA)

"The NMEA output allows the Earthmate ™ GPS to be used with other software mapping programs"

Oh, is your Earthmate the old one? Because apparently the new USB one is NMEA compatible

http://www.delorme.com/earthmate/default.asp

Otherwise you might find this page to be of great help

http://www.gpss.co.uk/earthmat.htm

GEM is also supposed to work directly with an earthmate, so I don't know why yours isn't.

Good luck.