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> On 6/4/2010 12:28 PM, Sunshine wrote:
>>> On 6/4/2010 8:55 AM, Ray wrote:
>>>> On 6/3/2010 11:24 AM, Sunshine wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:44:04 -0500, "ps56k"
>>>>>>>> Is there a way to track a moving Garmin unit from the home
>>>>>>>> computer?
>>>>>>> Think about what you're suggesting, please ... by "a moving Garmin
>>>>>>> unit"
>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>> presumes a GPS receiver of some sort.
>>>>>>> How is that unit going to transmit in realtime any data about its
>>>>>>> current
>>>>>>> position to your "home computer"?
>>>>>> nope - as common sense indicates - it's just a "receiver" -
>>>>> When I gave my initial 'no' answer last night, I was thinking in terms
>>>>> of the Nuvi, since that's what I have. But what about the more full
>>>>> featured units like the 60-series and 76-series, which have an NMEA
>>>>> output? I believe you can get real-time position data from that port,
>>>>> which could be piped into a computer application that uploads it to a
>>>>> server. At the other end, another person could download the data and
>>>>> thereby track the GPS unit. In theory, anyway.
>>>> I believe they were selling some 'GPS tracking device' in Sam's Club
>>>> for
>>>> tracking your vehicle ...it was cheap maybe 75 bucks.. when I saw it
>>>> there a few weeks ago... so I guess it's not impossible.. maybe they
>>>> have some software that is out there.. in this day and age somebody has
>>>> to have something about what you were asking your GPS device to do..
>>> p.s. here's the same one I was talking about in my previous post...
>>> (Amazon.com product link shortened)
>>>> On 6/3/2010 11:24 AM, Sunshine wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:44:04 -0500, "ps56k"
>>>>>>>> Is there a way to track a moving Garmin unit from the home
>>>>>>>> computer?
>>>>>>> Think about what you're suggesting, please ... by "a moving Garmin
>>>>>>> unit"
>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>> presumes a GPS receiver of some sort.
>>>>>>> How is that unit going to transmit in realtime any data about its
>>>>>>> current
>>>>>>> position to your "home computer"?
>>>>>> nope - as common sense indicates - it's just a "receiver" -
>>>>> When I gave my initial 'no' answer last night, I was thinking in terms
>>>>> of the Nuvi, since that's what I have. But what about the more full
>>>>> featured units like the 60-series and 76-series, which have an NMEA
>>>>> output? I believe you can get real-time position data from that port,
>>>>> which could be piped into a computer application that uploads it to a
>>>>> server. At the other end, another person could download the data and
>>>>> thereby track the GPS unit. In theory, anyway.
>>>> I believe they were selling some 'GPS tracking device' in Sam's Club
>>>> for
>>>> tracking your vehicle ...it was cheap maybe 75 bucks.. when I saw it
>>>> there a few weeks ago... so I guess it's not impossible.. maybe they
>>>> have some software that is out there.. in this day and age somebody has
>>>> to have something about what you were asking your GPS device to do..
>>> p.s. here's the same one I was talking about in my previous post...
>>> (Amazon.com product link shortened)
>> Cool, but that's a non-real-time solution. In other words, you have to
>> wait for the unit to arrive back home in order to find out where it's
>> been. The OP wanted a real-time solution, if I read it right.
>> wait for the unit to arrive back home in order to find out where it's
>> been. The OP wanted a real-time solution, if I read it right.
> sorry.. my fault.. I guess I wasn't too clear.. I just meant being that
> they had something that could be tracked in a pretty cheap unit.. it would
> seem to be possible that there would be something/ or some software out
> there that would be available to track a GPS ... think most new cell
> phones can be tracked when they are turned on---and I'd bet there is an
> 'app for that' especially for the iPhone... :)
> they had something that could be tracked in a pretty cheap unit.. it would
> seem to be possible that there would be something/ or some software out
> there that would be available to track a GPS ... think most new cell
> phones can be tracked when they are turned on---and I'd bet there is an
> 'app for that' especially for the iPhone... :)
The unit itself has to TRANSMIT the realtime status/l.ocation data to some
SERVICE.
That's all part of a normal cellphone... but not a normal GPS unit.
A tracking GPS will merely have a log to show where the unit has been - not
realtime -
As I mentioned in another posting,
if the OP is a hiker as he mentioned,
then a suggested product is called SPOT.... a Personal Locator Beacon
which has all 3 elements as required...
1 - GPS location determined
2 - transmit realtime info to low earth orbit sats
3 - relay that data via the SPOT service
You have to ignore the "subject"
and find out what the actual intended usage is....
basically - survival SOS -
but didn't ask that question in the original posting.
On 6/4/2010 1:15 PM, ps56k wrote:
>> On 6/4/2010 12:28 PM, Sunshine wrote:
>>>> On 6/4/2010 8:55 AM, Ray wrote:
>>>>> On 6/3/2010 11:24 AM, Sunshine wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:44:04 -0500, "ps56k"
>>>>>>>>> Is there a way to track a moving Garmin unit from the home
>>>>>>>>> computer?
>>>>>>>> Think about what you're suggesting, please ... by "a moving Garmin
>>>>>>>> unit"
>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>> presumes a GPS receiver of some sort.
>>>>>>>> How is that unit going to transmit in realtime any data about its
>>>>>>>> current
>>>>>>>> position to your "home computer"?
>>>>>>> nope - as common sense indicates - it's just a "receiver" -
>>>>>> When I gave my initial 'no' answer last night, I was thinking in terms
>>>>>> of the Nuvi, since that's what I have. But what about the more full
>>>>>> featured units like the 60-series and 76-series, which have an NMEA
>>>>>> output? I believe you can get real-time position data from that port,
>>>>>> which could be piped into a computer application that uploads it to a
>>>>>> server. At the other end, another person could download the data and
>>>>>> thereby track the GPS unit. In theory, anyway.
>>>>> I believe they were selling some 'GPS tracking device' in Sam's Club
>>>>> for
>>>>> tracking your vehicle ...it was cheap maybe 75 bucks.. when I saw it
>>>>> there a few weeks ago... so I guess it's not impossible.. maybe they
>>>>> have some software that is out there.. in this day and age somebody has
>>>>> to have something about what you were asking your GPS device to do..
>>>> p.s. here's the same one I was talking about in my previous post...
>>>> (Amazon.com product link shortened)
>>> Cool, but that's a non-real-time solution. In other words, you have to
>>> wait for the unit to arrive back home in order to find out where it's
>>> been. The OP wanted a real-time solution, if I read it right.
>>>>> On 6/3/2010 11:24 AM, Sunshine wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:44:04 -0500, "ps56k"
>>>>>>>>> Is there a way to track a moving Garmin unit from the home
>>>>>>>>> computer?
>>>>>>>> Think about what you're suggesting, please ... by "a moving Garmin
>>>>>>>> unit"
>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>> presumes a GPS receiver of some sort.
>>>>>>>> How is that unit going to transmit in realtime any data about its
>>>>>>>> current
>>>>>>>> position to your "home computer"?
>>>>>>> nope - as common sense indicates - it's just a "receiver" -
>>>>>> When I gave my initial 'no' answer last night, I was thinking in terms
>>>>>> of the Nuvi, since that's what I have. But what about the more full
>>>>>> featured units like the 60-series and 76-series, which have an NMEA
>>>>>> output? I believe you can get real-time position data from that port,
>>>>>> which could be piped into a computer application that uploads it to a
>>>>>> server. At the other end, another person could download the data and
>>>>>> thereby track the GPS unit. In theory, anyway.
>>>>> I believe they were selling some 'GPS tracking device' in Sam's Club
>>>>> for
>>>>> tracking your vehicle ...it was cheap maybe 75 bucks.. when I saw it
>>>>> there a few weeks ago... so I guess it's not impossible.. maybe they
>>>>> have some software that is out there.. in this day and age somebody has
>>>>> to have something about what you were asking your GPS device to do..
>>>> p.s. here's the same one I was talking about in my previous post...
>>>> (Amazon.com product link shortened)
>>> Cool, but that's a non-real-time solution. In other words, you have to
>>> wait for the unit to arrive back home in order to find out where it's
>>> been. The OP wanted a real-time solution, if I read it right.
>> sorry.. my fault.. I guess I wasn't too clear.. I just meant being that
>> they had something that could be tracked in a pretty cheap unit.. it would
>> seem to be possible that there would be something/ or some software out
>> there that would be available to track a GPS ... think most new cell
>> phones can be tracked when they are turned on---and I'd bet there is an
>> 'app for that' especially for the iPhone... :)
>> they had something that could be tracked in a pretty cheap unit.. it would
>> seem to be possible that there would be something/ or some software out
>> there that would be available to track a GPS ... think most new cell
>> phones can be tracked when they are turned on---and I'd bet there is an
>> 'app for that' especially for the iPhone... :)
> The unit itself has to TRANSMIT the realtime status/l.ocation data to some
> SERVICE.
> That's all part of a normal cellphone... but not a normal GPS unit.
> A tracking GPS will merely have a log to show where the unit has been - not
> realtime -
> As I mentioned in another posting,
> if the OP is a hiker as he mentioned,
> then a suggested product is called SPOT.... a Personal Locator Beacon
> which has all 3 elements as required...
> 1 - GPS location determined
> 2 - transmit realtime info to low earth orbit sats
> 3 - relay that data via the SPOT service
> You have to ignore the "subject"
> and find out what the actual intended usage is....
> basically - survival SOS -
> but didn't ask that question in the original posting.
ok on that tracking service needed..
> SERVICE.
> That's all part of a normal cellphone... but not a normal GPS unit.
> A tracking GPS will merely have a log to show where the unit has been - not
> realtime -
> As I mentioned in another posting,
> if the OP is a hiker as he mentioned,
> then a suggested product is called SPOT.... a Personal Locator Beacon
> which has all 3 elements as required...
> 1 - GPS location determined
> 2 - transmit realtime info to low earth orbit sats
> 3 - relay that data via the SPOT service
> You have to ignore the "subject"
> and find out what the actual intended usage is....
> basically - survival SOS -
> but didn't ask that question in the original posting.
am familiar with SPOT .. seems to be a cheaper form of Epirb... I used to do a
lot of offshore fishing when I had my boat... :)
>> How is that unit going to transmit in realtime any data about its current
>> position to your "home computer"?
>> position to your "home computer"?
> nope - as common sense indicates - it's just a "receiver" -
> - just for your info....
> - just for your info....
No, please, you do me too much honour. Please share your insights with
everyone.
> it can't tell you where the other person is "going right now",
> or keeping tabs on them...
> but some models do have a "log" or "track"
> which can be downloaded from the GPS after they get home
> and you connect the GPS via USB.
> or keeping tabs on them...
> but some models do have a "log" or "track"
> which can be downloaded from the GPS after they get home
> and you connect the GPS via USB.
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