Nokia N95 8GB link up to Microsoft MapPoint 2009

Hello there,

Is this possible (as the title says) as a GPS receiver? I don't know
much about GPS' NMEA but apparently on the setup page in MapPoint
requires a 2.0 of NMEA. How do I check if this is possible?

Thanks in advance,
Lu Zheng

If I understand correcly, you want to use your N95 as a GPS receiver
connected to your PC running MapPoint. I have no direct experience with the
N95 nor MapPoint, but sometimes do use a Nokia 6210 Navigator, (which is
also a S60 phone) connected to a laptop.

Try downloading ExtGPS (please google, can't remember the address) symbian
version and run it on your N95. This little program will connect to the
phone GPS and send out NMEA strings over Bluetooth to your laptop. If
MapPoint is able to connect to a bluetooth virtual comm port, your problem
is solved. :)

HTH
cs

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Thanks alot buddy for this information. Just a question though. My
Laptop is an EEEPC 900HA which only has USB as a connector (between
N95 and the laptop). So the bluetooth part is out of question. Do you
think it will still work? Because I am entirely sure how this NMEA
work even after reading on wikipedia and browsing through the net.

But yah, I will give it a shot.

Thanks again, will keep this thread updated.

AFAIK, ExtGPS can only use bluetooth to connect the two devices.

I'm not aware of any other program that does what you need via USB cable.

Anyway, when I connect the phone (at least the 6210 Nav) to the PC with a
cable I get a menu on the phone to select the connection mode (the options
are: PCSuite, Mass Storage, Image Transfer and Multimedia Transfer). None of
them seems suitable to send GPS data as you need.

Maybe there is a reason you don't want to, but how about getting one of
those USB bluetooth adapters?

cs

Hi cs,

I am still playing around with ExtGPS. The google search came up with
some really nice result with a lot of other applications for phones (a
little sidetrack). http://www.Joiku.com

But yah, if everything else fails, I might just grab a Bluetooth
receiver to actually test it. So does your Nokia 6210 Navigator work
as a GPS recreiver for you when you use a Bluetooth adapter on your
PC?

Let me know. It's being great sharing information with you.

Lu