what GPS unit to buy?

tdb30_ · 09-09-2006, 01:27 AM

I have a $200 gift certificate to amazon and I want to buy a gps receiver for the carputer. I am going to be using linux with usb and need to know if amazon has something that will work.

DarquePervert · 09-09-2006, 08:30 AM

http://www.amazon.com/Globalsat-SiRF...ffice-products

That's a BU-353. Same unit I have. Same unit that's sold in the store here. I haven't heard of any users complain about this unit.

fixerofallthing · 09-09-2006, 08:37 AM

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?inv...-SHIPSAVERprod

DarquePervert · 09-09-2006, 08:39 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by fixerofallthing

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?inv...-SHIPSAVERprod

That's all well and good, but the poster has a gift certificate for Amazon, so the Geeks.com deal, while a good one, isn't useful.

fixerofallthing · 09-09-2006, 09:00 AM

My bad!!!

tdb30_ · 09-09-2006, 03:14 PM

Thanks guys. I ordered the BU-353 and iguidance 3. Not sure that I'll get iguidance 3 running in linux, but it will be fun trying to make it work.

tdb30_ · 09-13-2006, 10:39 PM

Well, I got everything today. All I had to do was apt-get install gpsd and run gpsdrive and everything showed up working. I tried to install iGuidance 3, but alas , as I expected there was no luck in that (yet)

seanz0rz · 09-14-2006, 12:26 AM

i havent tried ig3 in linux yet (as i currently dont have an optical drive hooked up to ANY of my linux machines.) but ive always wanted to try it in wine.

saverio911 · 09-14-2006, 12:58 AM

There are several linux/iG threads. Here is the most recent thread.
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/linux/82704-iguidance-2-1-3-wine.html
Screen shots are posted in the thread

Geese and others have had some luck with Wine. I have been able to run iG v3 in crossover in ubuntu and limited success in DSL.