On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 04:14:31PM -0500, steve ulrich wrote: > [snip] > however, i know that i would really appreciate some information on > GPSs. i'm looking for a GPS for myself and i would appreciate any > info that people have on their experiences with the garmin etrex > products, especially in conjunction with gpsdrive. > I've used all of the eTrex units (except for the cheapest yellow one) with linux, they're all pretty much the same except for built-in memory for downloading maps, and the Vista (my current unit) has a built in barometer and electronic compass (instead of relying on movement to figure out which direction is north), they all work fine when put into NMEA mode with gpsd, which is what gpsdrive uses. (gpsd is a GPS multiplexing utility that allows programs to connect to a TCP port instead of locking up the GPS unit to one program at a time) > > -- > steve ulrich sulrich at botwerks.org > PGP: 8D0B 0EE9 E700 A6CF ABA7 AE5F 4FD4 07C9 133B FAFC -- Matthew S. Hallacy FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified http://techmonkeys.org/~poptix GPG public key 0x01938203